netdev - Re: [RFC 2/9] ipv6: sr: add code base for control plane support of SR-IPv6

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Date:   Thu, 1 Sep 2016 10:15:02 -0700
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     David Lebrun <david.lebrun@...ouvain.be>
Cc:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC 2/9] ipv6: sr: add code base for control plane support of
 SR-IPv6

On Thu, 1 Sep 2016 15:25:14 +0200
David Lebrun <david.lebrun@...ouvain.be> wrote:

> On 08/31/2016 07:10 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > Since these are for control operations why a mutex?  
> 
> I am not sure to understand the question. The spinlock is used on the
> RCU write side of the namespace-wide parameters to prevent concurrent
> writes.
> 
> David
> 

If this lock is only being acquired in user context, then use a mutex
instead.

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