From: "Denis V. Lunev" <den@xxxxxxxxxx> 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 <den@xxxxxxxxxx> > Acked-by: Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Applied. _______________________________________________ Containers mailing list Containers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/containers
