[VLAN] spin lock question
Stephen Hemminger
shemminger at osdl.org
Mon Oct 9 15:04:47 PDT 2006
On Mon, 9 Oct 2006 12:39:44 -0700
Stephen Hemminger <shemminger at osdl.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 09:48:27 +0100
> Alex Zeffertt <ajz at cambridgebroadband.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi list,
> >
> > I've been reading through the 8021q.o module source recently and
> > I am confused by the choice of spin lock used in the following
> > code:
> >
> >
> > int vlan_skb_recv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
> > struct packet_type* ptype)
> > {
> > ...
> > spin_lock_bh(&vlan_group_lock);
> > skb->dev = __find_vlan_dev(dev, vid);
> > if (!skb->dev) {
> > spin_unlock_bh(&vlan_group_lock);
> > ...
> >
>
> That code should use RCU actually.
That's what 2.6 already does.
>
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Stephen Hemminger <shemminger at osdl.org>
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