netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/5] Make pernet

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Date:   Tue, 27 Mar 2018 20:34:10 +0300
From:   Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@...tuozzo.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com, vyasevic@...hat.com,
        paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, vyasevich@...il.com,
        mark.rutland@....com, leonro@...lanox.com, avagin@...tuozzo.com,
        fw@...len.de, ebiederm@...ssion.com, roman.kapl@...go.com,
        dsahern@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, bfields@...ldses.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/5] Make pernet_operations always read locked

On 27.03.2018 20:18, David Miller wrote:
> From: Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@...tuozzo.com>
> Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2018 18:01:42 +0300
> 
>> All the pernet_operations are converted, and the last one
>> is in this patchset (nfsd_net_ops acked by J. Bruce Fields).
>> So, it's the time to kill pernet_operations::async field,
>> and make setup_net() and cleanup_net() always require
>> the rwsem only read locked.
>>
>> All further pernet_operations have to be developed to fit
>> this rule. Some of previous patches added a comment to
>> struct pernet_operations about that.
>>
>> Also, this patchset renames net_sem to pernet_ops_rwsem
>> to make the target area of the rwsem is more clear visible,
>> and adds more comments.
> 
> Amazing work, series applied, thanks!

Thanks a lot, David!

Kirill