netdev - Re: [PATCH 08/10] ipv6: use RCU to walk list of network devices

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:50:01 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	shemminger@...tta.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/10] ipv6: use RCU to walk list of network devices

From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:54:54 -0800

> No longer need read_lock(&dev_base_lock), use RCU instead.
> This also needs to be optimized for large number of devices.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>

As Eric mentioned, superceded by his patch.
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html