netdev - Re: [PATCH RFC] ipv6_fib limit spinlock hold times for /proc/net/ipv6

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Message-Id: <20140425.155352.128360864032970959.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 25 Apr 2014 15:53:52 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	clm@...com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] ipv6_fib limit spinlock hold times for
 /proc/net/ipv6_route

From: Chris Mason <clm@...com>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 09:59:24 -0400

> java cats this proc file on startup to search for local routes, and the
> resulting contention on the table lock makes our boxes fall over.

I know it's tangental, but Java should open a netlink socket and probe
for such things properly.
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