netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/6] GRE: Use RTNL for atomic protocol registration.

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Date:	Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:37:16 -0700
From:	Pravin Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com>
To:	Michał Mirosław <mirqus@...il.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, stephen@...workplumber.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, jesse@...ira.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/6] GRE: Use RTNL for atomic protocol registration.

On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 4:22 PM, Michał Mirosław <mirqus@...il.com> wrote:
> 2013/3/13 Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com>:
>> Currently gre demultiplexer uses its own spin-lock. We should
>> rather RTNL lock.
> [...]
>> +       rtnl_lock();
>>         err = gre_add_protocol(&gre_pptp_protocol, GREPROTO_PPTP);
>> +       rtnl_unlock();
>
> Why not keep lock/unlock inside gre_add/del_protocol()?
>
As Stephen suggested I am planning on dropping this patch.
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