netdev - Re: [PATCH 04/10] AOE: use rcu to find network device

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Message-ID: <4AF9AFB1.3080105@gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:23:45 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"Ed L. Cashin" <ecashin@...aid.com>,
	Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>,
	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/10] AOE: use rcu to find network device

Stephen Hemminger a écrit :
> This gets rid of another use of read_lock(&dev_base_lock) by using
> RCU. Also, it only increments the reference count of the device actually
> used rather than holding and releasing every device
> 
> Compile tested only.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
> 
> 
Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

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