netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 08/13] devlink: don't take instance lock around eswitch mode set

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Date:   Tue, 22 May 2018 10:41:11 +0200
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        oss-drivers@...ronome.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 08/13] devlink: don't take instance lock around
 eswitch mode set

Tue, May 22, 2018 at 07:12:50AM CEST, jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com wrote:
>Changing switch mode may want to register and unregister devlink
>ports.  Therefore similarly to DEVLINK_CMD_PORT_SPLIT/UNSPLIT it
>should not take the instance lock.  Drivers don't depend on existing
>locking since it's a very recent addition.
>
>Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>

Acked-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>