As discussed off list, there can be deadlock when starting/terminating
monitor thread while holding monitor_rwlock.

So, I'll go back and check thread creation/termination in ofproto-dpif.c


On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 11:17 AM, Ethan Jackson <et...@nicira.com> wrote:

> > Yes, I originally worried about the behavior of creating a thread while
> > holding the xlate_rwlock & monitor_rwlock.  After check with Ben, I'm
> good
> > to modify it.
>
> Why can't you simply release the lock before creating the thread?
>
> Ethan
>
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