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From: Eric Cooper <ecc@cmu.edu>
To: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
	Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] add netdev led trigger
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:03:00 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101201000300.GJ21496@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ipzgl9k8.fsf@basil.nowhere.org>

On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 11:15:51AM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> Using the device name as an identifier is not reliable, they may not
> be unique.

I'm confused about this -- how else can the user specify the desired network
interface?

> rwlocks are deprecated.

In favor of what?  Should I use a spinlock?

Thanks for the feedback.

-- 
Eric Cooper             e c c @ c m u . e d u

  reply	other threads:[~2010-12-01  0:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-11-29  2:34 [PATCH v2] add netdev led trigger Eric Cooper
2010-11-29 10:15 ` Andi Kleen
2010-12-01  0:03   ` Eric Cooper [this message]
2010-12-01 14:03     ` Andi Kleen
2010-11-30 23:40 ` Lars-Peter Clausen

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