OK, I added
/* Required to add and remove ofconns. This could probably be narrowed to
* cover a smaller amount of code, if that yielded some benefit. */
just before taking the lock in connmgr_set_controllers().
Thanks!
On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 09:33:46AM -0700, Ethan Jackson wrote:
> I wouldn't bother narrowing it. I was just confused about whether
> it's required or not. Perhaps a brief comment explaining that logic
> would be helpful.
>
> Ethan
>
> On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 9:09 AM, Ben Pfaff <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 08:58:20AM -0700, Ethan Jackson wrote:
> >> I guess the only thing I'm wondering about is how you know when
> >> ofproto_mutex is required and when it isn't. In particular, why do we
> >> need to hold it for the entire connmgr_set_controllers()? That's not
> >> totally clear from the comment at the top of the file.
> >
> > I don't think we need to hold it for the entire
> > connmgr_set_controllers(). I could probably narrow it, if you like. It
> > was a little easier to keep it for the entire span of the function and I
> > didn't think it would be a big deal because it's held for long times
> > elsewhere during flow mods etc.
> >
> >> Acked-by: Ethan Jackson <[email protected]>
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