Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 10 Aug 2006 15:19:16 +0200 | From | Frederik Deweerdt <> | Subject | Re: [patch] Use rwsems instead of custom locking scheme in net/socket.c and net/dccp/ccid.c |
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On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 05:57:11AM -0700, David Miller wrote: > From: Frederik Deweerdt <deweerdt@free.fr> > Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 14:13:36 +0200 > > > This patch aims at removing two implementations (spotted by Masatake YAMATO) of > > pseudo-rwlocks using a spinlock_t and an atomic_t. One in net/socket.c > > and another in net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c. I think that both could be > > converted to rwsems, saving some lines of code. > > The net/socket.c one has been converted to RCU by Stephen > Hemminger already. > > If the bluetooth case is in an important code path it should > use RCU as well. Sorry, I made a mistake there: net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c should read net/dccp/ccid.c. Does your comment regarding af_bluetooth.c applies to ccid.c as well? Also, is there a place where I can find Stephen Hemminger's work? - Note, this is pure curiosity, it can wait a kernel release or two :) -
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