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From: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.20 08/10] nfnetlink_log: shorten instances_lock
 holding time
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:48:31 +0100
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Micha=C2=B3 Miros=C2=B3aw wrote:
> Shorten instances_lock window at the cost of doing unnecessary work
> on the failure case. I don't know if it makes sense actually. ;>

Not really. Its taking the lock whats expensive and we shouldn't
have contention here.