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From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/10] netdev: get rid of read_lock(&dev_base_lock)
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On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:39:20 +0100
Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> wrote:

> Stephen Hemminger a =C3=A9crit :
> > I was just trying to pick up the stragglers you left behind :-)
> >=20
> > The nasty cases left are bonding (whose existing locking model is a=
 pile
> > of crap), and sysfs (slightly less stinky). The bonding code just n=
eeds to
> > be rewritten to have a sane/simple model.=20
> >=20
>=20
> I was thinking of improving bonding, so it might be good to coordinat=
e our work :)

I'll be happy to review, but was avoiding doing any serious work on it.

>=20
> 1) Get rid of rwlock in tx fast path. (RCU ? did I said RCU)
>=20
> 2) multi queue support (Got two dual 82599 dual ports cards from Inte=
l :) )

I hope to get back to doing netlink interface for bridging, then bondin=
g
over next few weeks.

--=20