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Re: [PATCH v4] mac80211: Optimize sta lookup for many VIFs

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On Fri, 2013-03-29 at 09:00 -0700, greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> --- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c
> +++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
> @@ -1287,6 +1287,7 @@ static int ieee80211_change_station(struct wiphy *wiphy,
>  	if (params->vlan && params->vlan != sta->sdata->dev) {
>  		bool prev_4addr = false;
>  		bool new_4addr = false;
> +		struct sta_info *some_sta;
>  
>  		vlansdata = IEEE80211_DEV_TO_SUB_IF(params->vlan);
>  
> @@ -1312,7 +1313,12 @@ static int ieee80211_change_station(struct wiphy *wiphy,
>  			prev_4addr = true;
>  		}
>  
> +		some_sta = rcu_dereference_protected(sta->sdata->some_sta,
> +					lockdep_is_held(&local->sta_mtx));
> +		if (some_sta == sta)
> +			rcu_assign_pointer(sta->sdata->some_sta, NULL);
>  		sta->sdata = vlansdata;
> +		rcu_assign_pointer(sta->sdata->some_sta, sta);
>  
>  		if (sta->sta_state == IEEE80211_STA_AUTHORIZED &&
>  		    prev_4addr != new_4addr) {

I think you can drop all this code since you don't allow this for
non-station interfaces, and stations here can only be reassigned between
AP/AP_VLAN, no?


> @@ -278,6 +297,8 @@ static void sta_info_hash_add(struct ieee80211_local *local,
>  	lockdep_assert_held(&local->sta_mtx);
>  	sta->hnext = local->sta_hash[STA_HASH(sta->sta.addr)];
>  	rcu_assign_pointer(local->sta_hash[STA_HASH(sta->sta.addr)], sta);
> +
> +	rcu_assign_pointer(sta->sdata->some_sta, sta);

Maybe also assign it only for station to start with?

johannes

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