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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] net: speedup netdev_set_master()
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:36:58 -0700 (PDT)
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=46rom: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:28:11 +0100

> Le jeudi 18 mars 2010 =E0 22:22 -0700, David Miller a =E9crit :
>> From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
>> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:37:40 +0100
>>=20
>> > We currently force a synchronize_net() in netdev_set_master()
>> >=20
>> > This seems necessary only when a slave had a master and we dismant=
le it.
>> >=20
>> > In the other case ("ifenslave bond0 ethO"), we dont need this long
>> > delay.
>> >=20
>> > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
>>=20
>> Depends upon the net-2.6 race fix?
>>=20
>> Thanks for telling me :-/
>=20
> I believe it's not related. It's net-next-2.6 material, for sure :)

It was not an issue of related, but rather "B won't apply cleanly
without A". Even line offsets can make "git apply" reject.