netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 0/7] rtnetlink: allow selected handlers to run without rtnl

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Date:   Thu, 10 Aug 2017 10:23:21 -0600
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 0/7] rtnetlink: allow selected handlers to run
 without rtnl

On 8/10/17 5:29 AM, Florian Westphal wrote:
> David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 8/9/17 6:21 PM, David Miller wrote:
>>>
>>> Ok series applied, let's see where this goes :-)
>>>
>>
>> 1 hour in, 1 problem reported
> 
> Its even worse.  Would you rather see a revert?

no.

> 
> I'm sure that you are aware that the widespread rtnl usage is a
> problem because it does hurt scalability. I still think its worth trying
> to disentangle this where possible.

agreed. Going to be pain along the way, but it needs to be done. Thanks
for taking the initiative on it.