The patch prepares to dynamically allocate the ip6_fib_timer timer. It changes all reference to the global static variable to a globally defined pointer to the global static variable. That makes all the code use a pointer instead of a static variable. Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano Signed-off-by: Benjamin Thery --- net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c | 21 +++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6-netns/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6-netns.orig/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c +++ linux-2.6-netns/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c @@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ static __u32 rt_sernum; static void fib6_gc_timer_cb(unsigned long arg); -static DEFINE_TIMER(ip6_fib_timer, fib6_gc_timer_cb, 0, (unsigned long)&init_net); +static DEFINE_TIMER(__ip6_fib_timer, fib6_gc_timer_cb, 0, (unsigned long)&init_net); +static struct timer_list *ip6_fib_timer = &__ip6_fib_timer; static struct fib6_walker_t fib6_walker_list = { .prev = &fib6_walker_list, @@ -666,15 +667,15 @@ static int fib6_add_rt2node(struct fib6_ static __inline__ void fib6_start_gc(struct rt6_info *rt) { - if (ip6_fib_timer.expires == 0 && + if (ip6_fib_timer->expires == 0 && (rt->rt6i_flags & (RTF_EXPIRES|RTF_CACHE))) - mod_timer(&ip6_fib_timer, jiffies + ip6_rt_gc_interval); + mod_timer(ip6_fib_timer, jiffies + ip6_rt_gc_interval); } void fib6_force_start_gc(void) { - if (ip6_fib_timer.expires == 0) - mod_timer(&ip6_fib_timer, jiffies + ip6_rt_gc_interval); + if (ip6_fib_timer->expires == 0) + mod_timer(ip6_fib_timer, jiffies + ip6_rt_gc_interval); } /* @@ -1446,7 +1447,7 @@ void fib6_run_gc(unsigned long expires, } else { local_bh_disable(); if (!spin_trylock(&fib6_gc_lock)) { - mod_timer(&ip6_fib_timer, jiffies + HZ); + mod_timer(ip6_fib_timer, jiffies + HZ); local_bh_enable(); return; } @@ -1459,10 +1460,10 @@ void fib6_run_gc(unsigned long expires, fib6_clean_all(net, fib6_age, 0, NULL); if (gc_args.more) - mod_timer(&ip6_fib_timer, jiffies + ip6_rt_gc_interval); + mod_timer(ip6_fib_timer, jiffies + ip6_rt_gc_interval); else { - del_timer(&ip6_fib_timer); - ip6_fib_timer.expires = 0; + del_timer(ip6_fib_timer); + ip6_fib_timer->expires = 0; } spin_unlock_bh(&fib6_gc_lock); } @@ -1538,7 +1539,7 @@ void __init fib6_init(void) void fib6_gc_cleanup(void) { - del_timer(&ip6_fib_timer); + del_timer(ip6_fib_timer); unregister_pernet_subsys(&fib6_net_ops); kmem_cache_destroy(fib6_node_kmem); } -- _______________________________________________ Containers mailing list Containers@lists.linux-foundation.org https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/containers