netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] vxlan: Fix vs->vni

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Message-ID: <20130710155840.73e8da09@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net>
Date:	Wed, 10 Jul 2013 15:58:40 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:	Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] vxlan: Fix vs->vni_list locking.

On Wed, 10 Jul 2013 15:04:44 -0700
Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com> wrote:

> Use rtnl lock to protect vs->vni_list updates.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com>
> ---

I don't think this is necessary. I intentionally changed the
locking when socket management was moved to a work queue.
The vxlan_net socket lock is held there already, and finer grain.
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