From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] net: speedup netdev_set_master() Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:37:34 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20100321.183734.149821291.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1268955460.2894.207.camel@edumazet-laptop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: eric.dumazet@gmail.com Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:54246 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753778Ab0CVBhM (ORCPT ); Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:37:12 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1268955460.2894.207.camel@edumazet-laptop> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Eric Dumazet Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:37:40 +0100 > We currently force a synchronize_net() in netdev_set_master() > > This seems necessary only when a slave had a master and we dismantle it. > > In the other case ("ifenslave bond0 ethO"), we dont need this long > delay. > > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Applied.