From: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@cumulusnetworks.com>
To: Xin Long <lucien.xin@gmail.com>, network dev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/6] bridge: add rtnl_lock in fdb_flush in br_sysfs_br.c
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2016 14:55:46 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <56E965E2.9050506@cumulusnetworks.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <059d608901fd86407fed374e567c46447aa8c88f.1458134414.git.lucien.xin@gmail.com>
On 03/16/2016 02:34 PM, Xin Long wrote:
> In fdb_delete, it will send rtnl msg, so before that, we should
> hold rtnl_lock in the function that call it in sysfs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Xin Long <lucien.xin@gmail.com>
> ---
> net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c | 5 +++++
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
IIRC rtnl_notify() doesn't require rtnl lock to be held so this patch is not
needed
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-03-16 13:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-03-16 13:34 [PATCH net-next 0/6] bridge: support sending rntl info when we set attributes through sysfs/ioctl Xin Long
2016-03-16 13:34 ` [PATCH net-next 1/6] bridge: add rtnl_lock in fdb_flush in br_sysfs_br.c Xin Long
2016-03-16 13:55 ` Nikolay Aleksandrov [this message]
2016-03-16 13:34 ` [PATCH net-next 2/6] bridge: simplify the forward_delay_store by calling store_bridge_parm Xin Long
2016-03-16 13:58 ` Nikolay Aleksandrov
2016-03-16 13:34 ` [PATCH net-next 3/6] bridge: simplify the stp_state_store " Xin Long
2016-03-16 14:06 ` Nikolay Aleksandrov
2016-03-16 13:34 ` [PATCH net-next 4/6] bridge: a netlink notification should be sent when those attributes are changed by br_sysfs_br Xin Long
2016-03-16 14:14 ` Nikolay Aleksandrov
2016-03-16 14:29 ` Xin Long
2016-03-16 14:33 ` Nikolay Aleksandrov
2016-03-16 13:34 ` [PATCH net-next 5/6] bridge: a netlink notification should be sent when those attributes are changed by br_sysfs_if Xin Long
2016-03-16 14:23 ` Nikolay Aleksandrov
2016-03-16 14:45 ` Xin Long
2016-03-16 14:49 ` Xin Long
2016-03-16 14:49 ` Nikolay Aleksandrov
2016-03-16 14:58 ` Xin Long
2016-03-16 13:34 ` [PATCH net-next 6/6] bridge: a netlink notification should be sent when those attributes are changed by ioctl Xin Long
2016-03-16 14:28 ` Nikolay Aleksandrov
2016-03-16 14:30 ` [PATCH net-next 0/6] bridge: support sending rntl info when we set attributes through sysfs/ioctl Nikolay Aleksandrov
2016-03-16 14:59 ` Xin Long
2016-03-17 3:35 ` David Miller
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