[ovs-dev] [thread 09/15] ofproto-dpif: Lock the expirable list.

Ethan Jackson ethan at nicira.com
Thu Aug 8 22:50:01 UTC 2013


> What about the "cookies" hindex in struct ofproto, does it need
> locking or removal?

I don't think so.  The only thing that cares about cookies is
ofproto.c which is single threaded.  We needed to lock expirable
because ofproto-dpif-xlate messes with it indirectly by doing a
list_remove on rules.  Does my thinking sound right?

Ethan
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