netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 7/8] bridge: mcast: Move checks out of critical section

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Date:   Mon, 5 Dec 2022 13:43:29 +0200
From:   Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>
To:     Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
        edumazet@...gle.com, roopa@...dia.com, mlxsw@...dia.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 7/8] bridge: mcast: Move checks out of critical
 section

On 05/12/2022 09:42, Ido Schimmel wrote:
> The checks only require information parsed from the RTM_NEWMDB netlink
> message and do not rely on any state stored in the bridge driver.
> Therefore, there is no need to perform the checks in the critical
> section under the multicast lock.
> 
> Move the checks out of the critical section.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>
> ---
>  net/bridge/br_mdb.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++------------------
>  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> 

Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>