netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] arp: RCU change in arp

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Message-Id: <20100625.213359.173865711.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:33:59 -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] arp: RCU change in arp_solicit()

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:43:15 +0200

> Avoid two atomic ops in arp_solicit()
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

RCU is like a NAND gate, with it you can build any locking scheme :-)

Applied, thanks Eric.
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