[NETLINK]: Synchronous message processing.

[powerpc.git] / net / core / rtnetlink.c

diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 5fb70cf..6e1ab1e 100644 (file)
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -609,26 +609,31 @@ static inline int rtnetlink_rcv_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 /*
  *  rtnetlink input queue processing routine:
- *     - try to acquire shared lock. If it is failed, defer processing.
+ *     - process as much as there was in the queue upon entry.
  *     - feed skbs to rtnetlink_rcv_skb, until it refuse a message,
- *       that will occur, when a dump started and/or acquisition of
- *       exclusive lock failed.
+ *       that will occur, when a dump started.
  */
 
 static void rtnetlink_rcv(struct sock *sk, int len)
 {
+       unsigned int qlen = skb_queue_len(&sk->sk_receive_queue);
+
        do {
                struct sk_buff *skb;
 
-               if (rtnl_shlock_nowait())
-                       return;
+               rtnl_lock();
+
+               if (qlen > skb_queue_len(&sk->sk_receive_queue))
+                       qlen = skb_queue_len(&sk->sk_receive_queue);
 
-               while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&sk->sk_receive_queue)) != NULL) {
+               while (qlen--) {
+                       skb = skb_dequeue(&sk->sk_receive_queue);
                        if (rtnetlink_rcv_skb(skb)) {
-                               if (skb->len)
+                               if (skb->len) {
                                        skb_queue_head(&sk->sk_receive_queue,
                                                       skb);
-                               else
+                                       qlen++;
+                               } else
                                        kfree_skb(skb);
                                break;
                        }
@@ -638,7 +643,7 @@ static void rtnetlink_rcv(struct sock *sk, int len)
                up(&rtnl_sem);
 
                netdev_run_todo();
-       } while (rtnl && rtnl->sk_receive_queue.qlen);
+       } while (qlen);
 }
 
 static struct rtnetlink_link link_rtnetlink_table[RTM_NR_MSGTYPES] =