netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 00/16] tipc: make use of kernel threads to simplify things

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Date:	Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:53:51 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	paul.gortmaker@...driver.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, jon.maloy@...csson.com,
	ying.xue@...driver.com, erik.hugne@...csson.com,
	nhorman@...driver.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 00/16] tipc: make use of kernel threads to
 simplify things

From: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:54:35 -0400

> This is a rework of the content sent earlier[1], with the following changes:
> 
> 	-drop the Kconfig --> modparam conversion patch; this was
> 	 requested to be replaced[2] with a dynamic port quantity resizing.
> 	 Ying and Erik were discussing how best to achieve this, and then
> 	 vacation schedules got in the way, so implementing that will
> 	 come (hopefully) in the next round.
> 
> 	-rework the sk_rcvbuf patch to allow memory resizing via sysctl
> 	 as per what Ying and Neil discussed[3]
> 
> 	-add 4 more seemingly straigtforward and relatively small changes
> 	 from Ying (the last 4 in the series).
> 
> 	-add cosmetic UAPI comment update patch from Ying.
> 
> That said, the largest change is still the one where we make use of
> the fact that linux supports kernel threads and do the server like
> operations within kernel threads.  As Jon says:  
> 
>    We remove the last remnants of the TIPC native API, to make it
>    possible to simplify locking policy and solve a problem with lost
>    topology events.
>  
>    First, we introduce a socket-based alternative to the native API.
> 
>    Second, we convert the two remaining users of the native API, the 
>    TIPC internal topology server and the configuarion server, to use the
>    new API. 
> 
>    Third, we remove the remaining code pertaining to the native API.
> 
> I have re-tested this collection of commits between 32 and 64 bit x86
> machines using the standard tipc test suite, and build tested for ppc.

Series applied, thanks Paul.
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