Re: [PATCH] netfilter: revised locking for x_tables

From: David Miller
Date: Wed Apr 29 2009 - 01:37:34 EST


From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:55:32 -0700 (PDT)

> On Tue, 28 Apr 2009, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>>
>> Ack.
>>
>> It could do with the update from Eric about how non-current CPU writelocks
>> only require preemp-disable around get_counters() (and then the
>> local_bh_disable() only around the current-CPU case).
>
> Btw, regardless, that's an incremental improvement, and does not negate
> the "Ack" part.

I've applied this, thanks everyone!
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