From: Jan Ceuleers <jan.ceuleers@computer.org>
To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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 16:46:56 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4EF896F0.2090306@computer.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20111226.101035.782817982749726680.davem@davemloft.net>
On 12/26/2011 04:10 PM, David Miller wrote:
> 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.
>
That's what I thought. Over to Krishna.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-12-26 15:47 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
2011-12-26 15:46 ` Jan Ceuleers [this message]
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