net: sched: change tcf block reference counter type to refcount_t
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>
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