On Wed, 18 Nov 2020 19:00:44 +0200 Vladimir Oltean wrote: > On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 02:38:56PM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote: > > Thanks for the explanation. I don't think i've every reviewed a driver > > using read/write locks like this. But thinking it through, it does > > seem O.K. > > Thanks for reviewing and getting this merged. It sure is helpful to not > have the link flap while running iperf3 or other intensive network > activity. > > Even if this use of rwlocks may seem unconventional, I think it is the > right tool for working around the hardware bug.
Out of curiosity - did you measure the performance hit?
