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authorYing Xue <ying.xue@windriver.com>2014-04-21 10:55:47 +0800
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2014-04-22 21:17:53 -0400
commit2231c5af451e4b7ae3cc56eaa4653af6ede51109 (patch)
tree7c7e78e9adc9f746f64290530d40ce7a9b155fb7 /net/tipc/name_distr.c
parent7a2f7d18e79b09c5c5a65fb1fa0e31ad046b3116 (diff)
tipc: use RCU to protect media_ptr pointer
Now the media_ptr pointer is protected with tipc_net_lock write lock on write side; tipc_net_lock read lock is used to read side. As the part of effort of eliminating tipc_net_lock, we decide to adjust the locking policy of media_ptr pointer protection: on write side, RTNL lock is use while on read side RCU read lock is applied. Signed-off-by: Ying Xue <ying.xue@windriver.com> Reviewed-by: Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@ericsson.com> Reviewed-by: Erik Hugne <erik.hugne@ericsson.com> Tested-by: Erik Hugne <erik.hugne@ericsson.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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