Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH net-next v3 2/2] openvswitch: Use parallel_ops genl.

2013-04-24 Thread David Miller
From: Pravin B Shelar Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:48:48 -0700 > OVS locking was recently changed to have private OVS lock which > simplified overall locking. Therefore there is no need to have > another global genl lock to protect OVS data structures. Following > patch uses of parallel_ops genl f

[ovs-dev] [PATCH net-next v3 2/2] openvswitch: Use parallel_ops genl.

2013-04-23 Thread Pravin B Shelar
OVS locking was recently changed to have private OVS lock which simplified overall locking. Therefore there is no need to have another global genl lock to protect OVS data structures. Following patch uses of parallel_ops genl family for OVS. This also allows more granual OVS locking using ovs_mu