From: "Denis V. Lunev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 18:44:14 +0400
> There is no need to process outstanding netlink user->kernel packets > during rtnl_unlock now. There is no rtnl_trylock in the rtnetlink_rcv > anymore. > > Normal code path is the following: > netlink_sendmsg > netlink_unicast > netlink_sendskb > skb_queue_tail > netlink_data_ready > rtnetlink_rcv > mutex_lock(&rtnl_mutex); > netlink_run_queue(sk, qlen, &rtnetlink_rcv_msg); > mutex_unlock(&rtnl_mutex); > > So, it is possible, that packets can be present in the rtnl->sk_receive_queue > during rtnl_unlock, but there is no need to process them at that moment as > rtnetlink_rcv for that packet is pending. > > Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Acked-by: Alexey Kuznetsov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Applied. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
