netdev - Re: [Patch net-next] fib: move fib_rules_cleanup

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Date:	Thu, 26 Mar 2015 16:05:44 -0700
From:	Cong Wang <cwang@...pensource.com>
To:	Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...hat.com>
Cc:	Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Patch net-next] fib: move fib_rules_cleanup_ops() under rtnl lock

On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 3:32 PM, Cong Wang <cwang@...pensource.com> wrote:
>
> On the other hand, the name rules_mod_lock already tells it is
> just a protection for ops (module) register.

I even doubt we really need rules_mod_lock, it is per netns,
which is newly allocated when registering pernet and upper
layer should guarantee no concurrent unregistering, so we
probably only need to take rtnl lock.
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