linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] batman-adv: Axe 'aggr_list

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Message-ID: <34947339.t7yNZRQCJl@sven-edge>
Date:   Thu, 31 Oct 2019 17:45:40 +0100
From:   Sven Eckelmann <sven@...fation.org>
To:     Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, mareklindner@...mailbox.ch,
        sw@...onwunderlich.de, a@...table.cc,
        b.a.t.m.a.n@...ts.open-mesh.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] batman-adv: Axe 'aggr_list_lock'

On Thursday, 31 October 2019 09:52:40 CET Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> 'aggr_list.lock' can safely be used in place of another explicit spinlock
> when access to 'aggr_list' has to be guarded.
> 
> This avoids to take 2 locks, knowing that the 2nd one is always successful.
> 
> Now that the 'aggr_list.lock' is handled explicitly, the lock-free
> __sbk_something() variants should be used when dealing with 'aggr_list'.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
> ---
> Compile tested only.

Applied together with your other patch.

Thanks,
	Sven

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