linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] netfilter: nf_conntrack: consolidate lock/unlock into unlock

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Message-ID: <20160315001121.GA24820@salvia>
Date:	Tue, 15 Mar 2016 01:11:21 +0100
From:	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:	Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@...dl.org>
Cc:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>,
	Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@...ckhole.kfki.hu>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, coreteam@...filter.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netfilter: nf_conntrack: consolidate lock/unlock into
 unlock_wait

On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 12:39:02PM +0100, Nicholas Mc Guire wrote:
> The spin_lock()/spin_unlock() is synchronizing on the 
> nf_conntrack_locks_all_lock which is equivalent to 
> spin_unlock_wait() but the later should be more efficient.

Applied, thanks.