From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@nicira.com>
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, jesse@nicira.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/6] GRE: Use RTNL for atomic protocol registration.
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:57:43 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130313155743.641adada@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1363214907-3257-1-git-send-email-pshelar@nicira.com>
On Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:48:27 -0700
Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@nicira.com> wrote:
> Currently gre demultiplexer uses its own spin-lock. We should
> rather RTNL lock.
>
> Suggested-by: Stephen Hemminger <--cc stephen@networkplumber.org>
> Signed-off-by: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@nicira.com>
Contradicting myself :-)
This does have added safety but some people eventually want to get rid
of the big network lock. That said, it makes sense that you would need a
supersized lock when playing with multiple devices.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-03-13 22:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-03-13 22:48 [PATCH net-next 1/6] GRE: Use RTNL for atomic protocol registration Pravin B Shelar
2013-03-13 22:57 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2013-03-13 23:22 ` Michał Mirosław
2013-03-15 3:37 ` Pravin Shelar
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