netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] net: speedup netdev_set

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Message-Id: <20100318.223658.241427584.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:36:58 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] net: speedup netdev_set_master()

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:28:11 +0100

> Le jeudi 18 mars 2010 à 22:22 -0700, David Miller a écrit :
>> From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
>> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:37:40 +0100
>> 
>> > We currently force a synchronize_net() in netdev_set_master()
>> > 
>> > This seems necessary only when a slave had a master and we dismantle it.
>> > 
>> > In the other case ("ifenslave bond0 ethO"), we dont need this long
>> > delay.
>> > 
>> > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
>> 
>> Depends upon the net-2.6 race fix?
>> 
>> Thanks for telling me :-/
> 
> I believe it's not related. It's net-next-2.6 material, for sure :)

It was not an issue of related, but rather "B won't apply cleanly
without A". Even line offsets can make "git apply" reject.
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