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From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netlink: convert DIY reader/writer to mutex and RCU
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Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:44:59 -0700
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On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:00:35 +0100
Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> wrote:

> Le lundi 08 mars 2010 =C3=A0 14:00 -0800, Stephen Hemminger a =C3=A9c=
rit :
> > The netlink table locking was open coded version of reader/writer
> > sleeping lock.  Change to using mutex and RCU which makes
> > code clearer, shorter, and simpler.
> >=20
> > Could use sk_list nulls but then would have to have kmem_cache
> > for netlink handles and that seems like unnecessary bloat.
> >=20
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
> >=20
> > ---

Maybe using rcu list_nulls would be better.
The problem is what about the bind_node hash list.