Eric Dumazet 72c9528bab net: Introduce dev_get_by_name_rcu() ...

Some workloads hit dev_base_lock rwlock pretty hard.
We can use RCU lookups to avoid touching this rwlock
(and avoid touching netdevice refcount)

netdevices are already freed after a RCU grace period, so this patch
adds no penalty at device dismantle time.

However, it adds a synchronize_rcu() call in dev_change_name()

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

2009-11-01 23:55:08 -08:00

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acpi

ACPI: remove acpi_device_uid() and related stuff

2009-09-25 15:09:49 -04:00

asm-generic

net: Generalize socket rx gap / receive queue overflow cmsg

2009-10-12 13:26:31 -07:00

crypto

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drm

Merge branch 'drm-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/airlied/drm-2.6

2009-09-30 08:03:00 -07:00

keys

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linux

net: Introduce dev_get_by_name_rcu()

2009-11-01 23:55:08 -08:00

math-emu

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media

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mtd

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net

Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next-2.6

2009-10-29 02:47:13 -07:00

pcmcia

PM / PCMCIA: Drop second argument of pcmcia_socket_dev_suspend()

2009-09-29 00:10:41 +02:00

rdma

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rxrpc

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scsi

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sound

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trace

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block

2009-10-04 12:39:14 -07:00

video

davinci-fb-frame-buffer-driver-for-ti-da8xx-omap-l1xx-v4

2009-09-23 07:39:51 -07:00

xen

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Kbuild

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