[PATCH batadv] batman-adv: tp_meter: keep unacked list for receivers

Sven Eckelmann <[email protected]> Wed, 10 Jun 2026 21:26:35 +0200
Newsgroups org.open-mesh.lists.batman
Message-ID <[email protected]>
There is no need to share the unacked list between sender and receivers.
Only receivers will ever write to and read from it. The initialization in
batadv_tp_start() was therefore never needed. After its removal, it is
enough to just store it in struct batadv_tp_receiver.

Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <[email protected]>
---
 net/batman-adv/tp_meter.c | 82 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 net/batman-adv/types.h    | 14 ++++----
 2 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/batman-adv/tp_meter.c b/net/batman-adv/tp_meter.c
index 7e98cbfb..22ae0123 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/tp_meter.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/tp_meter.c
@@ -353,28 +353,16 @@ batadv_tp_list_find_sender_session(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, const u8 *dst,
 }
 
 /**
- * batadv_tp_vars_common_release() - release batadv_tp_vars_common from lists
+ * batadv_tp_sender_release() - release batadv_tp_sender
  *  and queue for free after rcu grace period
  * @ref: kref pointer of the batadv_tp_vars_common
  */
-static void batadv_tp_vars_common_release(struct kref *ref)
+static void batadv_tp_sender_release(struct kref *ref)
 {
-	struct batadv_tp_vars_common *tp_vars;
-	struct batadv_tp_unacked *un, *safe;
+	struct batadv_tp_sender *tp_vars;
 
-	tp_vars = container_of(ref, struct batadv_tp_vars_common, refcount);
-
-	/* lock should not be needed because this object is now out of any
-	 * context!
-	 */
-	spin_lock_bh(&tp_vars->unacked_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(un, safe, &tp_vars->unacked_list, list) {
-		list_del(&un->list);
-		kfree(un);
-	}
-	spin_unlock_bh(&tp_vars->unacked_lock);
-
-	kfree_rcu(tp_vars, rcu);
+	tp_vars = container_of(ref, struct batadv_tp_sender, common.refcount);
+	kfree_rcu(tp_vars, common.rcu);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -387,7 +375,7 @@ static void batadv_tp_sender_put(struct batadv_tp_sender *tp_vars)
 	if (!tp_vars)
 		return;
 
-	kref_put(&tp_vars->common.refcount, batadv_tp_vars_common_release);
+	kref_put(&tp_vars->common.refcount, batadv_tp_sender_release);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1140,9 +1128,6 @@ void batadv_tp_start(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, const u8 *dst,
 	init_waitqueue_head(&tp_vars->more_bytes);
 	init_completion(&tp_vars->finished);
 
-	spin_lock_init(&tp_vars->common.unacked_lock);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tp_vars->common.unacked_list);
-
 	spin_lock_init(&tp_vars->cc_lock);
 
 	tp_vars->prerandom_offset = 0;
@@ -1246,6 +1231,31 @@ batadv_tp_list_find_receiver_session(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, const u8 *dst
 	return tp_vars;
 }
 
+/**
+ * batadv_tp_receiver_release() - release batadv_tp_receiver
+ *  and queue for free after rcu grace period
+ * @ref: kref pointer of the batadv_tp_vars_common
+ */
+static void batadv_tp_receiver_release(struct kref *ref)
+{
+	struct batadv_tp_unacked *un, *safe;
+	struct batadv_tp_receiver *tp_vars;
+
+	tp_vars = container_of(ref, struct batadv_tp_receiver, common.refcount);
+
+	/* lock should not be needed because this object is now out of any
+	 * context!
+	 */
+	spin_lock_bh(&tp_vars->unacked_lock);
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(un, safe, &tp_vars->unacked_list, list) {
+		list_del(&un->list);
+		kfree(un);
+	}
+	spin_unlock_bh(&tp_vars->unacked_lock);
+
+	kfree_rcu(tp_vars, common.rcu);
+}
+
 /**
  * batadv_tp_receiver_put() - decrement the batadv_tp_receiver
  *  refcounter and possibly release it
@@ -1256,7 +1266,7 @@ static void batadv_tp_receiver_put(struct batadv_tp_receiver *tp_vars)
 	if (!tp_vars)
 		return;
 
-	kref_put(&tp_vars->common.refcount, batadv_tp_vars_common_release);
+	kref_put(&tp_vars->common.refcount, batadv_tp_receiver_release);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1299,12 +1309,12 @@ static void batadv_tp_receiver_shutdown(struct timer_list *t)
 	if (batadv_tp_list_detach(&tp_vars->common))
 		batadv_tp_receiver_put(tp_vars);
 
-	spin_lock_bh(&tp_vars->common.unacked_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(un, safe, &tp_vars->common.unacked_list, list) {
+	spin_lock_bh(&tp_vars->unacked_lock);
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(un, safe, &tp_vars->unacked_list, list) {
 		list_del(&un->list);
 		kfree(un);
 	}
-	spin_unlock_bh(&tp_vars->common.unacked_lock);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&tp_vars->unacked_lock);
 
 	/* drop reference of timer */
 	if (WARN_ON(atomic_xchg(&tp_vars->receiving, 0) != 1))
@@ -1412,10 +1422,10 @@ static bool batadv_tp_handle_out_of_order(struct batadv_tp_receiver *tp_vars,
 	payload_len = skb->len - sizeof(struct batadv_unicast_packet);
 	new->len = payload_len;
 
-	spin_lock_bh(&tp_vars->common.unacked_lock);
+	spin_lock_bh(&tp_vars->unacked_lock);
 	/* if the list is empty immediately attach this new object */
-	if (list_empty(&tp_vars->common.unacked_list)) {
-		list_add(&new->list, &tp_vars->common.unacked_list);
+	if (list_empty(&tp_vars->unacked_list)) {
+		list_add(&new->list, &tp_vars->unacked_list);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -1426,7 +1436,7 @@ static bool batadv_tp_handle_out_of_order(struct batadv_tp_receiver *tp_vars,
 	 * the last received packet (the one being processed now) has a bigger
 	 * seqno than all the others already stored.
 	 */
-	list_for_each_entry_reverse(un, &tp_vars->common.unacked_list, list) {
+	list_for_each_entry_reverse(un, &tp_vars->unacked_list, list) {
 		/* check for duplicates */
 		if (new->seqno == un->seqno) {
 			if (new->len > un->len)
@@ -1451,10 +1461,10 @@ static bool batadv_tp_handle_out_of_order(struct batadv_tp_receiver *tp_vars,
 
 	/* received packet with smallest seqno out of order; add it to front */
 	if (!added)
-		list_add(&new->list, &tp_vars->common.unacked_list);
+		list_add(&new->list, &tp_vars->unacked_list);
 
 out:
-	spin_unlock_bh(&tp_vars->common.unacked_lock);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&tp_vars->unacked_lock);
 
 	return true;
 }
@@ -1472,8 +1482,8 @@ static void batadv_tp_ack_unordered(struct batadv_tp_receiver *tp_vars)
 	/* go through the unacked packet list and possibly ACK them as
 	 * well
 	 */
-	spin_lock_bh(&tp_vars->common.unacked_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(un, safe, &tp_vars->common.unacked_list, list) {
+	spin_lock_bh(&tp_vars->unacked_lock);
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(un, safe, &tp_vars->unacked_list, list) {
 		/* the list is ordered, therefore it is possible to stop as soon
 		 * there is a gap between the last acked seqno and the seqno of
 		 * the packet under inspection
@@ -1489,7 +1499,7 @@ static void batadv_tp_ack_unordered(struct batadv_tp_receiver *tp_vars)
 		list_del(&un->list);
 		kfree(un);
 	}
-	spin_unlock_bh(&tp_vars->common.unacked_lock);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&tp_vars->unacked_lock);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1535,8 +1545,8 @@ batadv_tp_init_recv(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 	tp_vars->common.bat_priv = bat_priv;
 	kref_init(&tp_vars->common.refcount);
 
-	spin_lock_init(&tp_vars->common.unacked_lock);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tp_vars->common.unacked_list);
+	spin_lock_init(&tp_vars->unacked_lock);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tp_vars->unacked_list);
 
 	kref_get(&tp_vars->common.refcount);
 	timer_setup(&tp_vars->common.timer, batadv_tp_receiver_shutdown, 0);
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/types.h b/net/batman-adv/types.h
index 5fd5bd35..bced25d7 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/types.h
+++ b/net/batman-adv/types.h
@@ -1331,7 +1331,7 @@ struct batadv_tp_unacked {
 	/** @len: length of the packet */
 	u16 len;
 
-	/** @list: list node for &batadv_tp_vars_common.unacked_list */
+	/** @list: list node for &batadv_tp_receiver.unacked_list */
 	struct list_head list;
 };
 
@@ -1354,12 +1354,6 @@ struct batadv_tp_vars_common {
 	/** @session: TP session identifier */
 	u8 session[2];
 
-	/** @unacked_list: list of unacked packets (meta-info only) */
-	struct list_head unacked_list;
-
-	/** @unacked_lock: protect unacked_list */
-	spinlock_t unacked_lock;
-
 	/** @refcount: number of context where the object is used */
 	struct kref refcount;
 
@@ -1473,6 +1467,12 @@ struct batadv_tp_receiver {
 
 	/** @last_recv_time: time (jiffies) a msg was received */
 	unsigned long last_recv_time;
+
+	/** @unacked_list: list of unacked packets (meta-info only) */
+	struct list_head unacked_list;
+
+	/** @unacked_lock: protect unacked_list */
+	spinlock_t unacked_lock;
 };
 
 /**

---
base-commit: 385b248dd4e46c4ce022adeb1b13e547d1954901
change-id: 20260610-tp-unacked-list-d6ba9d0117e5

Best regards,
--  
Sven Eckelmann <[email protected]>