: Monday, 13 April, 2015 18:52
To: Sorin Vinturis
Cc: dev@openvswitch.org
Subject: Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH] datapath-windows: Removed gOvsCtrlLock global
spinlock
Sorin,
In general, ‘gOvsControlLock’ is there to protect ‘gOvsSwitchContext’.
Basically, while we are accessing ‘gOvsSwitchContext’ from the
Sorin,
In general, ‘gOvsControlLock’ is there to protect ‘gOvsSwitchContext’.
Basically, while we are accessing ‘gOvsSwitchContext’ from the netlink path or
even during an NDIS switch callback, we want to make sure ‘gOvsSwitchContext’
doesn’t get deallocated under the rug in another context.
Al
