Re: [GIT PULL] Networking for v6.9

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Tue Mar 12 2024 - 21:01:19 EST


On Mon, 11 Mar 2024 at 21:25, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> - Large effort by Eric to lower rtnl_lock pressure and remove locks:

W00t!

Pulled. The rtnl lock is probably my least favorite kernel lock. It's
been one of the few global locks we have left (at least that matters).

There are others (I'm not claiming tasklist_lock is great), but
rtnl_lock has certainly been "up there" with the worst of them.

Linus