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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] ipip: get rid of ipip_lock
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:29:43 -0700 (PDT)
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=46rom: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 22:49:37 +0200

> Le mercredi 15 septembre 2010 =E0 19:28 +0200, Eric Dumazet a =E9crit=
 :
>> As RTNL is held while doing tunnels inserts and deletes, we can remo=
ve
>> ipip_lock spinlock. My initial RCU conversion was conservative and
>> converted the rwlock to spinlock, with no RTNL requirement.
>>=20
>> Use appropriate rcu annotations and modern lockdep checks as well.
>>=20
>> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
>=20
> While doing ip_gre conversion, I realize I should define a new helper
=2E..
> I'll submit a patch serie :
>=20
> 1/3) net: add rtnl_dereference
> 2/3) ipip: get rid of ipip_lock
> 3/3) gre: get rid of ipgre_lock

Ok.