netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v6 00/11] Modify action API for implementing lockless actions

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Date:   Sat, 07 Jul 2018 20:41:40 +0900 (KST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     vladbu@...lanox.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jhs@...atatu.com, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com,
        jiri@...nulli.us, ast@...nel.org, daniel@...earbox.net,
        kliteyn@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v6 00/11] Modify action API for implementing
 lockless actions

From: Vlad Buslov <vladbu@...lanox.com>
Date: Thu,  5 Jul 2018 17:24:22 +0300

> Currently, all netlink protocol handlers for updating rules, actions and
> qdiscs are protected with single global rtnl lock which removes any
> possibility for parallelism. This patch set is a first step to remove
> rtnl lock dependency from TC rules update path.

I've reviewed this a few time but since this is a rather non-trivial
set of changes I'm going to let others have a chance to review and
give feedback as well.

Thanks.