[ovs-dev] [Remove rcu mask v2] datapath: remove RCU annotation from flow->mask

Jesse Gross jesse at nicira.com
Mon Jul 22 22:33:26 UTC 2013


On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Andy Zhou <azhou at nicira.com> wrote:
> After a mask is assigned to a flow, it will not change for the life of
> the flow. Since flow access is protected by RCU lock, access to
> flow->mask after getting a flow is always safe.
>
> Suggested-by: Jesse Gross <jesse at nicira.com>
> Reported-by: Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Zhou <azhou at nicira.com>

Applied, thanks.



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