From: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
To: The list for a Better Approach To Mobile Ad-hoc Networking
<b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org>,
Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 6/7] batman-adv: Allow to use rntl_link for device creation/deletion
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2012 14:11:08 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121201131108.GL24115@ritirata.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1353715332-4284-6-git-send-email-sven@narfation.org>
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On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 01:02:11AM +0100, Sven Eckelmann wrote:
> The sysfs configuration interface of batman-adv to add/remove soft-interfaces
> is not deadlock free and doesn't follow the currently common way to create new
> virtual interfaces.
>
> An additional interface though rtnl_link is introduced which provides easy device
> creation/deletion with tools like "ip":
>
> $ ip link add dev bat0 type batadv
> $ ip link del dev bat0
>
> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
Hello Sven,
why are we adding yet another API? What's the purpose? Is this intended to fix
the lock bug we get while using sysfs?
Cheers,
--
Antonio Quartulli
..each of us alone is worth nothing..
Ernesto "Che" Guevara
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Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-11-24 0:02 [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 1/7] batman-adv: Move soft-interface initialization to ndo_init Sven Eckelmann
2012-11-24 0:02 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 2/7] batman-adv: Move deinitialization of soft-interface to destructor Sven Eckelmann
2012-11-24 0:02 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 3/7] batman-adv: Don't always delete softif when last slave was removed Sven Eckelmann
2012-11-24 0:02 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 4/7] batman-adv: Remove slave interfaces before removing master interface Sven Eckelmann
2012-11-24 0:02 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 5/7] batman-adv: Allow to postpone softif unregistration Sven Eckelmann
2012-11-24 0:02 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 6/7] batman-adv: Allow to use rntl_link for device creation/deletion Sven Eckelmann
2012-12-01 13:11 ` Antonio Quartulli [this message]
2012-12-01 13:16 ` Sven Eckelmann
2012-12-01 13:28 ` Antonio Quartulli
2012-12-01 13:39 ` Sven Eckelmann
2012-12-01 14:54 ` Antonio Quartulli
2012-11-24 0:02 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 7/7] batman-adv: Allow to modify slaves of soft-interfaces through rntl_link Sven Eckelmann
2012-11-24 20:59 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 1/7] batman-adv: Move soft-interface initialization to ndo_init David Miller
2012-11-24 21:23 ` Sven Eckelmann
2012-12-24 14:22 ` Pau Koning
2012-12-24 14:37 ` Marek Lindner
2012-12-24 15:36 ` Pau Koning
2012-12-24 19:37 ` Marek Lindner
2012-12-24 23:18 ` Pau Koning
2012-12-25 8:19 ` Marek Lindner
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