netdev - Re: [PATCH] staging: get rid of dev_base

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Message-ID: <20101029134749.GC20832@suse.de>
Date:	Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:47:49 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: get rid of dev_base_lock

On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 03:19:27PM +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> dev_base_lock was the legacy rwlock used to protect netdevice list, and
> is expected to vanish.
> 
> We now use RTNL and RCU locking.

Is this a .38 patch, or something that needs to be in .37?

thanks,

greg k-h
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