From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH] aoe: remove dev_base_lock use from aoecmd_cfg_pkts() Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2010 13:43:28 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20101108.134328.70192293.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1288350929.2560.16.camel@edumazet-laptop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, ecashin@coraid.com To: eric.dumazet@gmail.com Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:57749 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755434Ab0KHVnE (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Nov 2010 16:43:04 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1288350929.2560.16.camel@edumazet-laptop> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Eric Dumazet Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:15:29 +0200 > dev_base_lock is the legacy way to lock the device list, and is planned > to disappear. (writers hold RTNL, readers hold RCU lock) > > Convert aoecmd_cfg_pkts() to RCU locking. > > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Applied.