[ovs-dev] [PATCH] datapath-windows: Removed memory barrier and master lock
Ben Pfaff
blp at nicira.com
Wed May 27 15:54:51 UTC 2015
On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 06:40:42AM +0000, Sorin Vinturis wrote:
> There is no need to enforce Netlink serialization on transactions
> sent from userspace. The access to the driver's shared resources
> is synchronized anyway. Thus I have removed the master lock.
>
> I also removed the memory barrier from filter dispatch routine.
> A memory barrier is already in place in OvsReleaseSwitchContext
> function, due to the use of InterlockedCompareExchange function.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sorin Vinturis <svinturis at cloudbasesolutions.com>
I haven't seen any reviews for this, I hope someone will look at it
soon.
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