netdev - Re: [patch net-next 2/3] team: convert overall spinlock to mutex

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Message-Id: <20111116.203623.521099683329909389.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:36:23 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jpirko@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
	bhutchings@...arflare.com, shemminger@...tta.com,
	andy@...yhouse.net, fbl@...hat.com, jzupka@...hat.com,
	ivecera@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next 2/3] team: convert overall spinlock to mutex

From: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:09:08 +0100

> No need to have spinlock for this purpose. So convert this to mutex and
> avoid current schedule while atomic problems in netlink code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>

Applied.
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