[ovs-dev] [PATCH 2/2] connmgr: Make call to connmgr_wants_packet_in_on_miss() thread safe.
Alex Wang
alexw at nicira.com
Tue Jul 29 21:32:58 UTC 2014
On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Andy Zhou <azhou at nicira.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 2:09 PM, Alex Wang <alexw at nicira.com> wrote:
> > Thx for the suggestion, I think it will make the connmgr module safer
> > if we annotate the ofproto->connmgr. With a quick look, I think it will
> > take more checking and efforts, (for functions we know that are only
> called
> > by the main thread, there is no lock protection)
> Is this safe if ofproto->connmgr can be accessed by other threads?
>
I think it is safe. since main thread creates/deletes the connmgr,
> >
> > For branch-2.3, I want to use this fix. Do you think it is okay?
> I suppose so, as long as the fix is safe. Your call.
>
Thx, will backport it soon,
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