netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/5] bonding: refactor mii monitor

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Date:	Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:00:17 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>
To:	Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] bonding: refactor mii monitor

Jay Vosburgh wrote:
> 	Refactor mii monitor.  As with the previous ARP monitor refactor,
> the motivation for this is to handle locking rationally (in this case,
> removing conditional locking) and generally clean up the code.
> 
> 	This patch breaks up the monolithic mii monitor into two phases:
> an inspection phase, followed by an optional commit phase.  The commit phase
> is the only portion that requires RTNL or makes changes to state, and is
> only called when inspection finds something to change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c  |    1 +
>  drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c |  394 +++++++++++++++++----------------------
>  2 files changed, 173 insertions(+), 222 deletions(-)

applied 1-5


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