netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH v5 02/16] net: rcu-ify tcf

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Message-ID: <1410540022.7106.98.camel@edumazet-glaptop2.roam.corp.google.com>
Date:	Fri, 12 Sep 2014 09:40:22 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>
Cc:	xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, davem@...emloft.net, jhs@...atatu.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	brouer@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v5 02/16] net: rcu-ify tcf_proto

On Fri, 2014-09-12 at 09:29 -0700, John Fastabend wrote:
> rcu'ify tcf_proto this allows calling tc_classify() without holding
> any locks. Updaters are protected by RTNL.
> 
> This patch prepares the core net_sched infrastracture for running
> the classifier/action chains without holding the qdisc lock however
> it does nothing to ensure cls_xxx and act_xxx types also work without
> locking. Additional patches are required to address the fall out.
> 
> Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>
> ---

Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Thanks John !


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