[ovs-dev] [PATCH 01/13] Upstream GRE: Use RTNL for atomic protocol registration.

[Ben Pfaff]

OK, can you add this to the commit message (assuming Jesse doesn't
disagree)?  Thanks.

On Tue, Nov 06, 2012 at 05:29:24PM -0800, Pravin Shelar wrote:
> Most of protocol in kernel are registered with RTNL lock, so GRE protocol
> registration shld also use same lock rather than introducing new lock.
> 
> 
> On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 5:09 PM, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Nov 06, 2012 at 04:59:01PM -0800, Pravin B Shelar wrote:
> > > Currently gre demultiplexer uses its own spin-lock. We should rather
> > > RTNL lock.
> >
> > The commit message doesn't make it clear why this change is desirable.
> >