linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] netfilter: use per-cpu recursive lock (v11)

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Message-ID: <20090422174831.GA11539@elte.hu>
Date:	Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:48:31 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
Cc:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>, paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, kaber@...sh.net,
	jeff.chua.linux@...il.com, laijs@...fujitsu.com,
	jengelh@...ozas.de, r000n@...0n.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	benh@...nel.crashing.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netfilter: use per-cpu recursive lock (v11)


* Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com> wrote:

> If this could be done without recursion, I am pretty sure 
> netfilter and network guys would have done it. I found Linus 
> reaction quite shocking IMHO, considering hard work done by all 
> people on this.

Btw., i didnt find Linus's reaction shocking at all, nor did i 
understand it as any criticism of prior (and future) good work of 
the people involved. I found it to be what it was: a forceful 
(because repeated) criticism of a bad patch.

	Ingo
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