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From: wen.yang@linux.dev
To: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>,
	Clark Williams <clrkwllms@kernel.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	linux-rt-devel@list.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Wen Yang <wen.yang@linux.dev>
Subject: [PATCH 08/15] net: do not provide hard irq safety for sd->defer_lock
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 01:58:42 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <df9b11ddbd8a6dd4ee4a3bca00d1ad51c64e25b2.1791912669.git.wen.yang@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1791912669.git.wen.yang@linux.dev>

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>

commit 931e93bdf8ca71cef1f8759c43bc2c5385392b8b upstream.

kfree_skb() can be called from hard irq handlers,
but skb_attempt_defer_free() is meant to be used
from process or BH contexts, and skb_defer_free_flush()
is meant to be called from BH contexts.

Not having to mask hard irq can save some cycles.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Wen Yang <wen.yang@linux.dev>
---
 net/core/dev.c    | 4 ++--
 net/core/skbuff.c | 5 ++---
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index db1fe85ebc90..c8789241f4a7 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -6779,11 +6779,11 @@ static void skb_defer_free_flush(struct softnet_data *sd)
 	if (!READ_ONCE(sd->defer_list))
 		return;
 
-	spin_lock_irq(&sd->defer_lock);
+	spin_lock(&sd->defer_lock);
 	skb = sd->defer_list;
 	sd->defer_list = NULL;
 	sd->defer_count = 0;
-	spin_unlock_irq(&sd->defer_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&sd->defer_lock);
 
 	while (skb != NULL) {
 		next = skb->next;
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 919ad5a2c5da..6111c1bba704 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -6716,7 +6716,6 @@ void skb_attempt_defer_free(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	int cpu = skb->alloc_cpu;
 	struct softnet_data *sd;
-	unsigned long flags;
 	unsigned int defer_max;
 	bool kick;
 
@@ -6735,7 +6734,7 @@ nodefer:	__kfree_skb(skb);
 	if (READ_ONCE(sd->defer_count) >= defer_max)
 		goto nodefer;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&sd->defer_lock, flags);
+	spin_lock_bh(&sd->defer_lock);
 	/* Send an IPI every time queue reaches half capacity. */
 	kick = sd->defer_count == (defer_max >> 1);
 	/* Paired with the READ_ONCE() few lines above */
@@ -6744,7 +6743,7 @@ nodefer:	__kfree_skb(skb);
 	skb->next = sd->defer_list;
 	/* Paired with READ_ONCE() in skb_defer_free_flush() */
 	WRITE_ONCE(sd->defer_list, skb);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sd->defer_lock, flags);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&sd->defer_lock);
 
 	/* Make sure to trigger NET_RX_SOFTIRQ on the remote CPU
 	 * if we are unlucky enough (this seems very unlikely).
-- 
2.25.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-10-13 18:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-13 17:58 [PATCH v6.1-rt 00/15] net: Backport backlog-NAPI threads to resolve PREEMPT_RT softirq warning in SMP flush wen.yang
2026-10-13 17:58 ` [PATCH 01/15] Revert "net: Avoid the IPI to free the" wen.yang
2026-10-13 17:58 ` [PATCH 02/15] net: avoid irqsave in skb_defer_free_flush wen.yang
2026-10-13 17:58 ` [PATCH 03/15] net: napi_schedule_rps() cleanup wen.yang
2026-10-13 17:58 ` [PATCH 04/15] net: add softnet_data.in_net_rx_action wen.yang
2026-10-13 17:58 ` [PATCH 05/15] net: optimize napi_schedule_rps() wen.yang
2026-10-13 17:58 ` [PATCH 06/15] net: optimize ____napi_schedule() to avoid extra NET_RX_SOFTIRQ wen.yang
2026-10-13 17:58 ` [PATCH 07/15] net: add debugging checks in skb_attempt_defer_free() wen.yang
2026-10-13 17:58 ` wen.yang [this message]
2026-10-13 17:58 ` [PATCH 09/15] net: move skb_defer_free_flush() up wen.yang
2026-10-13 18:02 ` [PATCH 10/15] net: make napi_threaded_poll() aware of sd->defer_list wen.yang
2026-10-13 18:02 ` [PATCH 11/15] net: optimize napi_threaded_poll() vs RPS/RFS wen.yang
2026-10-13 18:02 ` [PATCH 12/15] net: Remove conditional threaded-NAPI wakeup based on task state wen.yang
2026-10-13 18:02 ` [PATCH 13/15] net: Use backlog-NAPI to clean up the defer_list wen.yang
2026-10-13 18:02 ` [PATCH 14/15] net: Allow to use SMP threads for backlog NAPI wen.yang
2026-10-13 18:02 ` [PATCH 15/15] net: Rename rps_lock to backlog_lock wen.yang
2026-10-14 15:08 ` [PATCH v6.1-rt 00/15] net: Backport backlog-NAPI threads to resolve PREEMPT_RT softirq warning in SMP flush Sebastian Andrzej Siewior

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