git: 663428ea17e3 - main - nd6: Mark several callouts as MPSAFE

Mark Johnston markj at FreeBSD.org
Mon Aug 9 17:49:29 UTC 2021


The branch main has been updated by markj:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=663428ea17e3a81f4c514d2571b90a13c065b1e8

commit 663428ea17e3a81f4c514d2571b90a13c065b1e8
Author:     Mark Johnston <markj at FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2021-08-09 17:21:43 +0000
Commit:     Mark Johnston <markj at FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2021-08-09 17:27:52 +0000

    nd6: Mark several callouts as MPSAFE
    
    The use of Giant here is vestigal and does not provide any useful
    synchronization.  Furthermore, non-MPSAFE callouts can cause the
    softclock threads to block waiting for long-running newbus operations to
    complete.
    
    Reported by:    mav
    Reviewed by:    bz
    MFC after:      1 week
    Sponsored by:   The FreeBSD Foundation
    Differential Revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D31470
---
 sys/netinet6/in6_ifattach.c | 2 +-
 sys/netinet6/nd6.c          | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sys/netinet6/in6_ifattach.c b/sys/netinet6/in6_ifattach.c
index 6633a649b812..629509f61ac1 100644
--- a/sys/netinet6/in6_ifattach.c
+++ b/sys/netinet6/in6_ifattach.c
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ in6_ifattach_init(void *dummy)
 {
 
 	/* Timer for regeneranation of temporary addresses randomize ID. */
-	callout_init(&V_in6_tmpaddrtimer_ch, 0);
+	callout_init(&V_in6_tmpaddrtimer_ch, 1);
 	callout_reset(&V_in6_tmpaddrtimer_ch,
 	    (V_ip6_temp_preferred_lifetime - V_ip6_desync_factor -
 	    V_ip6_temp_regen_advance) * hz,
diff --git a/sys/netinet6/nd6.c b/sys/netinet6/nd6.c
index 5166186f56dc..38f03916531f 100644
--- a/sys/netinet6/nd6.c
+++ b/sys/netinet6/nd6.c
@@ -225,11 +225,11 @@ nd6_init(void)
 	nd6_defrouter_init();
 
 	/* Start timers. */
-	callout_init(&V_nd6_slowtimo_ch, 0);
+	callout_init(&V_nd6_slowtimo_ch, 1);
 	callout_reset(&V_nd6_slowtimo_ch, ND6_SLOWTIMER_INTERVAL * hz,
 	    nd6_slowtimo, curvnet);
 
-	callout_init(&V_nd6_timer_ch, 0);
+	callout_init(&V_nd6_timer_ch, 1);
 	callout_reset(&V_nd6_timer_ch, hz, nd6_timer, curvnet);
 
 	nd6_dad_init();


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