Merge branch 'Introduce-net_rwsem-to-protect-net_namespace_list'
authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Thu, 29 Mar 2018 17:47:54 +0000 (13:47 -0400)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Thu, 29 Mar 2018 17:47:54 +0000 (13:47 -0400)
commit038d49baab571800e3077b9d322a004f95c8aa8f
tree9bd5736d380f7c2f6f653671b52a5b206b158192
parent906edee91e79af5a348f1ad1b3f9b4b948db3db7
parent152f253152cc08f5d26ba76659723d2d83b363f8
Merge branch 'Introduce-net_rwsem-to-protect-net_namespace_list'

Kirill Tkhai says:

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Introduce net_rwsem to protect net_namespace_list

The series introduces fine grained rw_semaphore, which will be used
instead of rtnl_lock() to protect net_namespace_list.

This improves scalability and allows to do non-exclusive sleepable
iteration for_each_net(), which is enough for most cases.

scripts/get_maintainer.pl gives enormous list of people, and I add
all to CC.

Note, that this patch is independent of "Close race between
{un, }register_netdevice_notifier and pernet_operations":
https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/netdev/list/?series=36495

Signed-off-by: Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@virtuozzo.com>
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Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>