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Vlad Buslov authored
Implement get/put function for blocks that only take/release the reference and perform deallocation. These functions are intended to be used by unlocked rules update path to always hold reference to block while working with it. They use on new fine-grained locking mechanisms introduced in previous patches in this set, instead of relying on global protection provided by rtnl lock. Extract code that is common with tcf_block_detach_ext() into common function __tcf_block_put(). Extend tcf_block with rcu to allow safe deallocation when it is accessed concurrently. Signed-off-by: Vlad Buslov <vladbu@mellanox.com> Acked-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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