From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] ipv6: mcast: RCU conversion Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 11:17:02 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20101124.111702.28794135.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1290553935.2866.82.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]:41597 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754854Ab0KXTQg (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:16:36 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1290553935.2866.82.camel@edumazet-laptop> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Eric Dumazet Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 00:12:15 +0100 > ipv6_sk_mc_lock rwlock becomes a spinlock. > > readers (inet6_mc_check()) now takes rcu_read_lock() instead of read > lock. Writers dont need to disable BH anymore. > > struct ipv6_mc_socklist objects are reclaimed after one RCU grace > period. > > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Applied.