netdev - Re: unsafe locks seen with netperf on net-2.6.29 tree

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Message-ID: <20081229102254.GA9581@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:22:54 +1100
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc:	"Tantilov, Emil S" <emil.s.tantilov@...el.com>,
	"Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P" <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>,
	"Duyck, Alexander H" <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
Subject: Re: unsafe locks seen with netperf on net-2.6.29 tree

On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 11:16:17AM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>
> Its a protocol wide counter, therefore not protected by slock.

My bad, yes we need to do it with bh disabled.

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