netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] openvswitch: Use lockless genl.

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Message-ID: <CALnjE+rJ73hA3g6A1BVFbvgGzbYvLtYJpSWZLHr5hkjzKZEF_g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:07:39 -0700
From:	Pravin Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com>
To:	Jesse Gross <jesse@...ira.com>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"dev@...nvswitch.org" <dev@...nvswitch.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] openvswitch: Use lockless genl.

On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 11:31 AM, Jesse Gross <jesse@...ira.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 9:52 AM, Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com> wrote:
>> Following patch uses of lockless genl callbacks for ovs.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com>
>
> I think this is clearly the right thing to do (assuming that the genl
> part passes review from other people). However, can you expand the
> commit message for this patch a little bit to describe why it is safe
> and some of the benefits?
ok, I will send updated patch.
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