netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] mlx4: do not use rwlock in fast path

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Date:   Tue, 14 Feb 2017 11:28:51 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, tariqt@...lanox.com,
        sbohrer@...advisors.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] mlx4: do not use rwlock in fast path

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2017 09:10:04 -0800

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> Using a reader-writer lock in fast path is silly, when we can
> instead use RCU or a seqlock.
> 
> For mlx4 hwstamp clock, a seqlock is the way to go, removing
> two atomic operations and false sharing. 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Cc: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>

Tariq or someone else at Mellanox please review, this patch has been
rotting for 5 days in patchwork.

Thank you.