Re: [PATCH] netfilter: nf_conntrack: Batch cleanup

[Gao feng]

On 2013/03/14 17:40, Vladimir Davydov wrote:
> The patch introduces nf_conntrack_cleanup_net_list(), which cleanups
> nf_conntrack for a list of netns and calls synchronize_net() only once
> for them all. This should reduce netns destruction time.
> --
> I've measured cleanup time for 1k dummy net ns. Here are the results:
> 
>  <without the patch>
>  # modprobe nf_conntrack
>  # time modprobe -r nf_conntrack
> 
>  real	0m10.337s
>  user	0m0.000s
>  sys	0m0.376s
> 
>  <with the patch>
>  # modprobe nf_conntrack
>  # time modprobe -r nf_conntrack
> 
>  real    0m5.661s
>  user    0m0.000s
>  sys     0m0.216s
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Patrick McHardy <kaber@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.h |    1 +
>  net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c         |   46 ++++++++++++++++++++---------
>  net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_standalone.c   |   16 ++++++----
>  3 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.h
> index 930275f..fb2b623 100644
> --- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.h
> +++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.h
> @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ extern unsigned int nf_conntrack_in(struct net *net,
>  
>  extern int nf_conntrack_init_net(struct net *net);
>  extern void nf_conntrack_cleanup_net(struct net *net);
> +extern void nf_conntrack_cleanup_net_list(struct list_head *net_exit_list);
>  
>  extern int nf_conntrack_proto_pernet_init(struct net *net);
>  extern void nf_conntrack_proto_pernet_fini(struct net *net);
> diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
> index c8e001a..09c02ef 100644
> --- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
> +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
> @@ -1364,30 +1364,48 @@ void nf_conntrack_cleanup_end(void)
>   */
>  void nf_conntrack_cleanup_net(struct net *net)
>  {
> +	LIST_HEAD(single);
> +
> +	list_add(&net->exit_list, &single);
> +	nf_conntrack_cleanup_net_list(&single);
> +}
> +

After adding net->exit_list to this single list,in setup_net we will
re-add this net->exit_list to net_exit_list. So there has no invalid
pointer problem.

This patch looks good to me.
Acked-by: Gao feng <gaofeng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!
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