From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DBBFC32753 for ; Wed, 31 Jul 2019 16:00:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9867208E3 for ; Wed, 31 Jul 2019 16:00:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729440AbfGaQAV (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Jul 2019 12:00:21 -0400 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.9]:39660 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727276AbfGaQAV (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Jul 2019 12:00:21 -0400 Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:601:9f80:35cd::d71]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: davem-davemloft) by shards.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D8A401264F95F; Wed, 31 Jul 2019 09:00:20 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 09:00:20 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20190731.090020.971567041397094932.davem@davemloft.net> To: johannes@sipsolutions.net Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: pull-request: mac80211-next 2019-07-31 From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20190731155057.23035-1-johannes@sipsolutions.net> References: <20190731155057.23035-1-johannes@sipsolutions.net> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.8 on Emacs 26.1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Wed, 31 Jul 2019 09:00:21 -0700 (PDT) Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org From: Johannes Berg Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 17:50:56 +0200 > There's a fair number of changes here, so I thought I'd get them out. > I've included two Intel driver cleanups because Luca is on vacation, > I'm covering for him, and doing it all in one tree let me merge all > of the patches at once (including mac80211 that depends on that); > Kalle is aware. > > Also, though this isn't very interesting yet, I've started looking at > weaning the wireless subsystem off the RTNL for all operations, as it > can cause significant lock contention, especially with slow USB devices. > The real patches for that are some way off, but one preparation here is > to use generic netlink's parallel_ops=true, to avoid trading one place > with contention for another in the future, and to avoid adding more > genl_family_attrbuf() usage (since that's no longer possible with the > parallel_ops setting). > > Please pull and let me know if there's any problem. Pulled, thanks Johannes. I'm sure people like Florian Westphal will also appreciate your RTNL elimination work...