On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 20:37:25 -0700 (PDT) "David S. Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 13:22:50 -0700 > > > Convert fib_trie to use Read Copy Update. Since all updates to > > FIB happen under RTNL mutex (semaphore), we don't need fib_lock > > for writing. > > Robert was independantly working on an RCU patch, which recently he > sent to Paul McKenney for review. We should try to avoid duplicating > work like this :) This started from Robert's last patch, but with the changes mentioned. The elimination of hlist_after was based on Paul's comment > I'm hesitant to apply any of this stuff, even the first cleanup patch, > until Robert is back from his vacation and can comment. > > So let's hold off on these patches for now. Yes. I'll be gone next week, so wanted to get my merge to Roberts last changes out for more review - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
