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From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/10] AOE: use rcu to find network device
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:23:45 +0100
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Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
	"Ed L. Cashin" <ecashin@coraid.com>,
	Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com>,
	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>,
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To: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
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Stephen Hemminger a =E9crit :
> This gets rid of another use of read_lock(&dev_base_lock) by using
> RCU. Also, it only increments the reference count of the device actua=
lly
> used rather than holding and releasing every device
>=20
> Compile tested only.
>=20
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
>=20
>=20
Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>