From d3d40f237480abf3268956daf18cdc56edd32834 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Tomlinson Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2021 14:24:12 +1300 Subject: Revert "netfilter: x_tables: Switch synchronization to RCU" This reverts commit cc00bcaa589914096edef7fb87ca5cee4a166b5c. This (and the preceding) patch basically re-implemented the RCU mechanisms of patch 784544739a25. That patch was replaced because of the performance problems that it created when replacing tables. Now, we have the same issue: the call to synchronize_rcu() makes replacing tables slower by as much as an order of magnitude. Prior to using RCU a script calling "iptables" approx. 200 times was taking 1.16s. With RCU this increased to 11.59s. Revert these patches and fix the issue in a different way. Signed-off-by: Mark Tomlinson Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso --- include/linux/netfilter/x_tables.h | 5 +---- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'include/linux/netfilter') diff --git a/include/linux/netfilter/x_tables.h b/include/linux/netfilter/x_tables.h index 8ebb64193757..5deb099d156d 100644 --- a/include/linux/netfilter/x_tables.h +++ b/include/linux/netfilter/x_tables.h @@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ struct xt_table { unsigned int valid_hooks; /* Man behind the curtain... */ - struct xt_table_info __rcu *private; + struct xt_table_info *private; /* Set this to THIS_MODULE if you are a module, otherwise NULL */ struct module *me; @@ -448,9 +448,6 @@ xt_get_per_cpu_counter(struct xt_counters *cnt, unsigned int cpu) struct nf_hook_ops *xt_hook_ops_alloc(const struct xt_table *, nf_hookfn *); -struct xt_table_info -*xt_table_get_private_protected(const struct xt_table *table); - #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT #include -- cgit v1.2.3-73-gaa49b