| To: | Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: [PATCH 2.6] (3/3) vlan - use RCU |
| From: | "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Mon, 9 Aug 2004 16:48:05 -0700 |
| Cc: | greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx |
| In-reply-to: | <20040803134346.341e5636@dell_ss3.pdx.osdl.net> |
| References: | <20040803105017.0774e1db@dell_ss3.pdx.osdl.net> <410FD348.9040301@candelatech.com> <20040803134346.341e5636@dell_ss3.pdx.osdl.net> |
| Sender: | netdev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx |
On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 13:43:46 -0700 Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > This patch makes VLAN use RCU for the group lookup and removes > the group_lock. Since all operations that are done under group_lock > already have the rtnetlink semaphore (RTNL), the group_lock is unnecessary. > The result is the vlan code becomes basically lock free in the send/receive > path. Applied, thanks Stephen. |
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