netdev - Re: [PATCH 00/10] netdev: get rid of read_lock(&dev_base

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Date:	Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:53:36 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/10] netdev: get rid of read_lock(&dev_base_lock)
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On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:39:20 +0100
Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:

> Stephen Hemminger a écrit :
> > I was just trying to pick up the stragglers you left behind :-)
> > 
> > The nasty cases left are bonding (whose existing locking model is a pile
> > of crap), and sysfs (slightly less stinky). The bonding code just needs to
> > be rewritten to have a sane/simple model. 
> > 
> 
> I was thinking of improving bonding, so it might be good to coordinate our work :)

I'll be happy to review, but was avoiding doing any serious work on it.

> 
> 1) Get rid of rwlock in tx fast path. (RCU ? did I said RCU)
> 
> 2) multi queue support (Got two dual 82599 dual ports cards from Intel :) )

I hope to get back to doing netlink interface for bridging, then bonding
over next few weeks.

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