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

Pravin Shelar pshelar at nicira.com
Thu Apr 18 21:24:41 UTC 2013


On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 2:18 PM, David Miller <davem at davemloft.net> wrote:
> From: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar at nicira.com>
> Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:16:52 -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 lockless genl family for OVS.  This also allows
>> more granual OVS locking using ovs_mutex for protecting OVS data
>> structures, which gives more consurrencey.  E.g multiple genl
>> operations OVS_PACKET_CMD_EXECUTE can run in parallel, etc.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar at nicira.com>
>
> Three problems with this submission:
>
> 1) When you resubmit a patch that's part of a series, you must repost
>    the entire series.
>
> 2) When you post a new version of a patch, you must list (after the
>    "---" delimiter) what has changed in this version.
>
> 3) When you post a new version of a patch, you must indicate this by
>    putting "[PATCH v2 ...] ...", for example, in the Subject line.

I thought I just need to post patch that was changed. Let me send
updated series again.



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