From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: jan.ceuleers@computer.org
Cc: bhutchings@solarflare.com, kgudipat@Brocade.com,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, adapter_linux_open_src_team@Brocade.com,
rmody@Brocade.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] bna: Added flash sub-module and ethtool eeprom entry points.
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 10:10:35 -0500 (EST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111226.101035.782817982749726680.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4EF86253.3010108@computer.org>
From: Jan Ceuleers <jan.ceuleers@computer.org>
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:02:27 +0100
> Is it OK to hold the RTNL lock for that length of time?
No, because it means that no network configuration of any kind can
occur during this time.
Backbone routers need to perform hundreds of routing table updates per
second, even more during major route flaps. All of these would be
blocked during your flash operation.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-12-26 15:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-12-22 23:29 [PATCH 1/2] bna: Added flash sub-module and ethtool eeprom entry points kgudipat
2011-12-23 9:44 ` Ben Hutchings
2011-12-23 15:09 ` Krishna Gudipati
2011-12-24 10:08 ` Ben Hutchings
2011-12-26 12:02 ` Jan Ceuleers
2011-12-26 15:10 ` David Miller [this message]
2011-12-26 15:46 ` Jan Ceuleers
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