netdev - Re: [GIT PULL] Networking for v6.9

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wi0La3-L+WJ=vw7x7L=WYv0B_2YfeSuKD3YyCYJ6oAwKA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 18:00:47 -0700
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	pabeni@...hat.com, bpf@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Networking for v6.9

On Mon, 11 Mar 2024 at 21:25, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
>
>  - Large effort by Eric to lower rtnl_lock pressure and remove locks:

W00t!

Pulled. The rtnl lock is probably my least favorite kernel lock. It's
been one of the few global locks we have left (at least that matters).

There are others (I'm not claiming tasklist_lock is great), but
rtnl_lock has certainly been "up there" with the worst of them.

            Linus