netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/8] tipc: convert name table read-write lock to RCU

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Date:	Mon, 08 Dec 2014 20:41:08 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ying.xue@...driver.com
Cc:	jon.maloy@...csson.com, Paul.Gortmaker@...driver.com,
	erik.hugne@...csson.com, richard.alpe@...csson.com,
	tero.aho@...iant.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	tipc-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/8] tipc: convert name table read-write lock
 to RCU

From: Ying Xue <ying.xue@...driver.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 15:00:22 +0800

> Now TIPC name table is statically allocated and is protected with a
> Read-Write lock. To enhance the performance of TIPC name table lookup,
> we are going to involve RCU lock to protect the name table. As a
> consequence, it becomes lockless to concurrently look up name table on
> read side. However, before the conversion can be successfully made,
> the following two things must be first done:
> 
> - change allocation way of name table from static to dynamic
> - fix several incorrect locking policy issues

Series applied, thanks.
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