netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v4 00/17] Refactor classifier API to work with chain/classifiers without rtnl lock

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Date:   Tue, 12 Feb 2019 10:42:05 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     vladbu@...lanox.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jhs@...atatu.com, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com,
        jiri@...nulli.us, ast@...nel.org, daniel@...earbox.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 00/17] Refactor classifier API to work with
 chain/classifiers without rtnl lock

From: Vlad Buslov <vladbu@...lanox.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 10:55:31 +0200

> Currently, all netlink protocol handlers for updating rules, actions and
> qdiscs are protected with single global rtnl lock which removes any
> possibility for parallelism. This patch set is a third step to remove
> rtnl lock dependency from TC rules update path.
 ...

I have to say, this stuff is very ambitious.  Thanks for working on this.

Series applied, thanks Vlad.