netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: RCU conversion of dev_getbyhwaddr() and arp

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Date:	Wed, 08 Dec 2010 10:10:35 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	maximlevitsky@...il.com, linux1394-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, jmorris@...ei.org, kaber@...sh.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: RCU conversion of dev_getbyhwaddr() and
 arp_ioctl()

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2010 19:07:34 +0100

> Le mercredi 08 décembre 2010 à 10:05 -0800, David Miller a écrit :
>> From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
>> Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2010 12:23:53 +0100
>> 
>> > [PATCH] net: RCU conversion of dev_getbyhwaddr() and arp_ioctl()
>> > 
>> > dev_getbyhwaddr() was called under RTNL.
>> > 
>> > Rename it to dev_getbyhwaddr_rcu() and change all its caller to now use
>> > RCU locking instead of RTNL.
>> > 
>> > Change arp_ioctl() to use RCU instead of RTNL locking.
>> > 
>> > Note: this fix a dev refcount bug in llc
>> > 
>> > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
>> 
>> Applied, thanks Eric.
> 
> Hmm, dont you want I resubmit it after the "llc: fix a device refcount
> imbalance" patch pulled from net-2.6 ?
> 
> Sorry for the mess...

I know about the conflict and will resolve it when I do a merge in
the next hour or so.

Don't worry about this.
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