netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 00/15] mlxsw: spectrum_acl: Don't take rtnl mutex for region rehash

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Date:   Sun, 24 Feb 2019 20:26:44 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     idosch@...lanox.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jiri@...lanox.com, mlxsw@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 00/15] mlxsw: spectrum_acl: Don't take rtnl
 mutex for region rehash

From: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2019 06:46:21 +0000

> Jiri says:
> 
> During region rehash, a new region is created with a more optimized set
> of masks (ERPs). When transitioning to the new region, all the rules
> from the old region are copied one-by-one to the new region. This
> transition can be time consuming and currently done under RTNL lock.
> 
> In order to remove RTNL lock dependency during region rehash, introduce
> multiple smaller locks guarding dedicated structures or parts of them.
> That is the vast majority of this patchset. Only patch #1 is simple
> cleanup and patches 12-15 are improving or introducing new selftests.

Series applied, thanks.