Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756072AbaGaCI1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jul 2014 22:08:27 -0400 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:38459 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752288AbaGaCIZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jul 2014 22:08:25 -0400 Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 19:08:24 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20140730.190824.1834967880150777985.davem@davemloft.net> To: tgraf@suug.ch Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kaber@trash.net, paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com, josh@joshtriplett.org, challa@noironetworks.com, walpole@cs.pdx.edu, dev@openvswitch.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2 net-next] Lockless netlink_lookup() with new concurrent hash table From: David Miller In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Mew version 6.5 on Emacs 24.1 / Mule 6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.7 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Wed, 30 Jul 2014 19:08:25 -0700 (PDT) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Thomas Graf Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 13:41:31 +0200 > Netlink sockets are maintained in a hash table to allow efficient lookup > via the port ID for unicast messages. However, lookups currently require > a read lock to be taken. This series adds a new generic, resizable, > scalable, concurrent hash table based on the paper referenced in the first > patch. It then makes use of the new data type to implement lockless > netlink_lookup(). > > Against net-next since the initial user of the new hash table is in net/ > > Thomas Graf (2): > lib: Resizable, Scalable, Concurrent Hash Table > netlink: Convert netlink_lookup() to use RCU protected hash table This series looks great, please post an updated series once you have addressed the current feedback. Thanks! -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/