Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH v2] datapath-windows: Removed memory barrier and master lock

2015-05-27 Thread Ben Pfaff
On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 05:08:00PM +, Sorin Vinturis wrote: > There is no need to enforce Netlink serialization on transactions > sent from userspace. The access to the driver's shared resources > is synchronized anyway. Thus I have removed the master lock. > > I also removed the memory barrie

[ovs-dev] [PATCH v2] datapath-windows: Removed memory barrier and master lock

2015-05-27 Thread Sorin Vinturis
There is no need to enforce Netlink serialization on transactions sent from userspace. The access to the driver's shared resources is synchronized anyway. Thus I have removed the master lock. I also removed the memory barrier from filter dispatch routine. A memory barrier is already in place in Ov