Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:37:08 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] netfilter: revised locking for x_tables
From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:55:32 -0700 (PDT)

> On Tue, 28 Apr 2009, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>>
>> Ack. 
>> 
>> It could do with the update from Eric about how non-current CPU writelocks 
>> only require preemp-disable around get_counters() (and then the 
>> local_bh_disable() only around the current-CPU case).
> 
> Btw, regardless, that's an incremental improvement, and does not negate 
> the "Ack" part.

I've applied this, thanks everyone!
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