From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jan Ceuleers Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] bna: Added flash sub-module and ethtool eeprom entry points. Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:46:56 +0100 Message-ID: <4EF896F0.2090306@computer.org> References: <1324721314.3860.11.camel@deadeye> <4EF86253.3010108@computer.org> <20111226.101035.782817982749726680.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: bhutchings@solarflare.com, kgudipat@Brocade.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, adapter_linux_open_src_team@Brocade.com, rmody@Brocade.com To: David Miller Return-path: Received: from mailrelay002.isp.belgacom.be ([195.238.6.175]:35603 "EHLO mailrelay002.isp.belgacom.be" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755707Ab1LZPrJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Dec 2011 10:47:09 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20111226.101035.782817982749726680.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 12/26/2011 04:10 PM, David Miller wrote: > From: Jan Ceuleers > 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.