From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: eric.dumazet@gmail.com
Cc: kaber@trash.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, greearb@candelatech.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] macvlan: remove one synchronize_rcu() call
Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 00:33:28 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110520.003328.540815311526933498.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1305843856.3156.36.camel@edumazet-laptop>
From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 00:24:16 +0200
> When one macvlan device is dismantled, we can avoid one
> synchronize_rcu() call done after deletion from hash list, since caller
> will perform a synchronize_net() call after its ndo_stop() call.
>
> Add a new netdev->dismantle field to signal this dismantle intent.
>
> Reduces RTNL hold time.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Applied.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-05-20 4:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-05-19 22:24 [PATCH net-next-2.6] macvlan: remove one synchronize_rcu() call Eric Dumazet
2011-05-20 0:18 ` Ben Greear
2011-05-20 4:28 ` Eric Dumazet
2011-05-20 4:33 ` David Miller [this message]
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