Re: [PATCH 1/4] Move irq routing data structure to rcu locking

Marcelo Tosatti
2009-07-13T16:45:52Z

On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 07:44:38PM +0300, Gleb Natapov wrote:
> > > I don't get it. The point for RCU is to get rid of reader's lock. If
> > > I'll have to take slot_lock on each EOI I achieved nothing.
> >
> > You already take slots_lock for read on every exit.
> >
> We should fix that, not add even more users. Shouldn't we?

Yes. Please send both patchsets as one when you resend then, its easier
to review.