netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2] tcp: bind() optimize port allocation

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Date:	Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:51:07 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	fbl@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, mleitner@...hat.com, eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] tcp: bind() optimize port allocation

From: Flavio Leitner <fbl@...hat.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:34:52 -0200

> Port autoselection finds a port and then drop the lock,
> then right after that, gets the hash bucket again and lock it.
> 
> Fix it to go direct.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Flavio Leitner <fbl@...hat.com>

Applied, great work Flavio.
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