[PATCH 3/6] Convert miimon to new locking

2007-10-17 Thread Jay Vosburgh
Convert mii (link state) monitor to acquire correct locks for failover events. In particular, failovers generally require RTNL at a low level (when manipulating device MAC addresses, for example) and no other locks. The high level monitor is responsible for acquiring a known set of locks,

[PATCH 3/6] Convert miimon to new locking

2007-10-10 Thread Jay Vosburgh
Convert mii (link state) monitor to acquire correct locks for failover events. In particular, failovers generally require RTNL at a low level (when manipulating device MAC addresses, for example) and no other locks. The high level monitor is responsible for acquiring a known set of locks,