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Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 10:20:14 +0100
From: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...pl>
To: "Jeffrey V\. Merkey" <jmerkey@...fmountaingroup.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Recursive spinlocks for Network Recursion Bugs in 2.6.18
On 09-12-2006 08:31, Jeffrey V. Merkey wrote:
>
>
> This code segment in /net/core/dev.c is a prime example of the need for
> recursive spin locks.
...
> Recursive spinlocks perform the logic
...
> LONG rspin_lock(rlock_t *rlock)
...
> LONG rspin_unlock(rlock_t *rlock)
...
Could you give some hint how this code from dev.c
should be changed to gain by this?
Jarek P.
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