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As a preparation for removing rtnl lock dependency from rules update path, change tcf block reference counter type to refcount_t to allow modification by concurrent users. In block put function perform decrement and check reference counter once to accommodate concurrent modification by unlocked users. After this change tcf_chain_put at the end of block put function is called with block->refcnt==0 and will deallocate block after the last chain is released, so there is no need to manually deallocate block in this case. However, if block reference counter reached 0 and there are no chains to release, block must still be deallocated manually. Signed-off-by: Vlad Buslov <vladbu@mellanox.com> Acked-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.