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From: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
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In-Reply-To: <3A00AF60.37DBB956@mandrakesoft.com> (message from Jeff Garzik on
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Subject: Re: Linux-2.4.0-test10
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   Date: 	Wed, 01 Nov 2000 19:03:44 -0500
   From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>

   Therefore for 2.4.x, our concern is whether a particular net driver
   needs further SMP protection internally, or if rtnl_lock (a semaphore,
   not a spinlock) is sufficient.

Thanks Jeff, this is precisely what Alexey and myself have been trying
to beat into Andi's head for months now :-)

Later,
David S. Miller
davem@redhat.com
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