{"id":807051,"url":"http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/1.0/covers/807051/?format=json","project":{"id":7,"url":"http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/1.0/projects/7/?format=json","name":"Linux network development","link_name":"netdev","list_id":"netdev.vger.kernel.org","list_email":"netdev@vger.kernel.org","web_url":null,"scm_url":null,"webscm_url":null},"msgid":"<20170829112942.4791-1-fw@strlen.de>","date":"2017-08-29T11:29:40","name":"[net-next,0/2] addrlabel: don't use rtnl locking","submitter":{"id":1025,"url":"http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/1.0/people/1025/?format=json","name":"Florian Westphal","email":"fw@strlen.de"},"series":[{"id":350,"url":"http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/1.0/series/350/?format=json","date":"2017-08-29T11:29:40","name":"addrlabel: don't use rtnl locking","version":1,"mbox":"http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/series/350/mbox/"}],"headers":{"Return-Path":"<netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org>","X-Original-To":"patchwork-incoming@ozlabs.org","Delivered-To":"patchwork-incoming@ozlabs.org","Authentication-Results":"ozlabs.org;\n\tspf=none (mailfrom) smtp.mailfrom=vger.kernel.org\n\t(client-ip=209.132.180.67; helo=vger.kernel.org;\n\tenvelope-from=netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org;\n\treceiver=<UNKNOWN>)","Received":["from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67])\n\tby ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3xhRK56dwmz9sNr\n\tfor <patchwork-incoming@ozlabs.org>;\n\tTue, 29 Aug 2017 21:30:49 +1000 (AEST)","(majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand\n\tid S1753486AbdH2L3c (ORCPT <rfc822;patchwork-incoming@ozlabs.org>);\n\tTue, 29 Aug 2017 07:29:32 -0400","from Chamillionaire.breakpoint.cc ([146.0.238.67]:56344 \"EHLO\n\tChamillionaire.breakpoint.cc\" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK)\n\tby vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752881AbdH2L3b (ORCPT\n\t<rfc822;netdev@vger.kernel.org>); Tue, 29 Aug 2017 07:29:31 -0400","from fw by Chamillionaire.breakpoint.cc with local (Exim 4.84_2)\n\t(envelope-from <fw@breakpoint.cc>)\n\tid 1dmefQ-00083z-WC; Tue, 29 Aug 2017 13:26:49 +0200"],"From":"Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>","To":"<netdev@vger.kernel.org>","Subject":"[PATCH net-next 0/2] addrlabel: don't use rtnl locking","Date":"Tue, 29 Aug 2017 13:29:40 +0200","Message-Id":"<20170829112942.4791-1-fw@strlen.de>","X-Mailer":"git-send-email 2.13.0","Sender":"netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org","Precedence":"bulk","List-ID":"<netdev.vger.kernel.org>","X-Mailing-List":"netdev@vger.kernel.org"},"content":"addrlabel doesn't appear to require rtnl lock as the addrlabel\ntable uses a spinlock to serialize add/delete operations.\n\nAlso, entries are reference counted so it should be safe\nto call the rtnl ops without the rtnl mutex."}