netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation: rw

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Date:	Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:04:10 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	William Allen Simpson <william.allen.simpson@...il.com>
Cc:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Developers <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation: rw_lock lessons learned

On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:06:44 -0500
William Allen Simpson <william.allen.simpson@...il.com> wrote:

> +   NOTE! We are working hard to remove reader-writer spinlocks from the
> +   network stack, so please don't add a new one.  (Instead, see
> +   Documentation/RCU/rcu.txt for complete information.)

It is not just networking, so don't single that out.

Also, should mention -RT kernel and locking here (Appendix?)


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