netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/1] sfc: replace spinlocks with bit ops for busy poll locking

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Date:	Tue, 27 Oct 2015 19:40:54 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sshah@...arflare.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/1] sfc: replace spinlocks with bit ops
 for busy poll locking

From: Shradha Shah <sshah@...arflare.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 14:23:42 +0000

> From: Bert Kenward <bkenward@...arflare.com>
> 
> This patch reduces the overhead of locking for busy poll.
> Previously the state was protected by a lock, whereas now
> it's manipulated solely with atomic operations.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shradha Shah <sshah@...arflare.com>

Applied, thanks.
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