netdev - Re: [PATCH] aoe: remove dev_base_lock use from aoecmd_cfg

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Date:	Mon, 08 Nov 2010 13:43:28 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, ecashin@...aid.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] aoe: remove dev_base_lock use from aoecmd_cfg_pkts()

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:15:29 +0200

> dev_base_lock is the legacy way to lock the device list, and is planned
> to disappear. (writers hold RTNL, readers hold RCU lock)
> 
> Convert aoecmd_cfg_pkts() to RCU locking.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

Applied.
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