From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jarek Poplawski Subject: Re: [PATCH] netfilter: use per-cpu recursive lock (v11) Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:39:02 +0000 Message-ID: <20090422113902.GB6630@ff.dom.local> References: <49EEDAF0.2010507@cosmosbay.com> <20090422101318.GA6630@ff.dom.local> <20090422112612.GA3799@elte.hu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Eric Dumazet , Stephen Hemminger , Peter Zijlstra , Linus Torvalds , Paul Mackerras , paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com, Evgeniy Polyakov , David Miller , kaber@trash.net, jeff.chua.linux@gmail.com, laijs@cn.fujitsu.com, jengelh@medozas.de, r000n@r000n.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, benh@kernel.crashing.org, mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca To: Ingo Molnar Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090422112612.GA3799@elte.hu> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 01:26:12PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Jarek Poplawski wrote: > > > On 22-04-2009 10:53, Eric Dumazet wrote: > > ... > > > If this could be done without recursion, I am pretty sure > > > netfilter and network guys would have done it. I found Linus > > > reaction quite shocking IMHO, considering hard work done by all > > > people on this. > > > > Right, looks like 100% (Scandinavian?!) troll. I wonder where is > > the admin of this mess... > > You might disagree with me on an honest technical basis, but note > that this kind of childish, knee-jerk reaction against dissenting > people is what gives netdev its bad reputation. How did you find I disagree with you? There was nothing about you, neither anything technical. Actually, I forgot to mention I agree with Eric about your locking proposal. Jarek P.