From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [NETFILTER 00/22]: Netfilter update/fixes Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:17:25 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20070212.111725.74748844.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20070212103621.661.65165.sendpatchset@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netfilter-devel@lists.netfilter.org To: kaber@trash.net Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20070212103621.661.65165.sendpatchset@localhost.localdomain> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: netfilter-devel-bounces@lists.netfilter.org Errors-To: netfilter-devel-bounces@lists.netfilter.org List-Id: netfilter-devel.vger.kernel.org From: Patrick McHardy Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:36:21 +0100 (MET) > Hi Dave, > > following are a number of fixes for netfilter, fixing RCU issues all over the > place, including the invalid preemption assumptions in the NF_CT_STAT_INC macro. > Additionally there are a few minor enhancements for things I noticed while going > over the code: replacement of a few unnecessary spinlocks by mutexes, some > cleanup for nf_log.c and some return value cleanup for unregistration functions. > > With these patches I think there should be nothing left holding back the > preemptable RCU merge from netfilter's perspective. > > Please apply, thanks. Thanks a lot for doing this work Patrick. All applied, thanks again.