netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/2] openvswitch: Use lockless genl.

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Date:	Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:25:31 -0700
From:	Jesse Gross <jesse@...ira.com>
To:	Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"dev@...nvswitch.org" <dev@...nvswitch.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/2] openvswitch: Use lockless genl.

On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 2:30 PM, Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com> wrote:
> OVS locking was recently changed to have private OVS lock which
> simplified overall locking.  Therefore there is no need to have
> another global genl lock to protect OVS data structures.  Following
> patch uses of lockless genl family for OVS.  This also allows
> more granual OVS locking using ovs_mutex for protecting OVS data
> structures, which gives more concurrencey.  E.g multiple genl
> operations OVS_PACKET_CMD_EXECUTE can run in parallel, etc.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com>
> ---
> Updated commit msg according comment From Jesse.

Once the genl parts have been reviewed:
Acked-by: Jesse Gross <jesse@...ira.com>
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