Re: [nf PATCH 2/5] netfilter: nf_tables: Add locking for NFT_MSG_GETRULE_RESET requests

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Phil Sutter <phil@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > However, this is stalling writers and I don't think we need this
> > according to the problem description.
> 
> ACK. Maybe Florian has a case in mind which requires to serialize reset
> and commit?

No, spinlock is fine too, concurrent resets will just burn more cycles.
I did not think we'd have frequent resets which is why I suggegested
reuse of the existing lock, thats all.

No objections to new mutex or spinlock.



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