From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] net: core: rcuify rtnl af_ops Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 21:26:56 +0100 (WEST) Message-ID: <20171016.212656.1943805874831429952.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20171016134436.25282-1-fw@strlen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: fw@strlen.de Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([184.105.139.130]:34782 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754027AbdJPU06 (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Oct 2017 16:26:58 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20171016134436.25282-1-fw@strlen.de> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Florian Westphal Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 15:44:34 +0200 > None of the rtnl af_ops callbacks sleep, so they can be called while > holding rcu read lock. > > Switch handling of af_ops to rcu. > > This would allow to later call af_ops functions without holding > the rtnl mutex anymore. Series applied, thanks.