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Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] performance patches (v3)
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On Monday 13 December 2010 01:18:14 Marek Lindner wrote:
> the performance patches progress step by step. A few patches already went
> into  the repository the rest is waiting for more review. Thanks to Sven's
> feedback quite some bugs were squashed.
> 
> Changes since v2:
> * code rebased on top of the trunk
> * some more neigh_node protected by reference counters
> * call_rcu and kref_put race condition fixed
> 
> Known issues:
> * bonding / alternating candidates are not secured by refcounting [see  
> find_router()] - ideas welcome

Thanks to the bonding / alternating patch I was able to commit the remaining 
patches that replace the orig_hash spinlock with more advanced locking 
techniques (revision 1904 - 1909).

Regards,
Marek