From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 10:14:34 -0800 > From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> > > htb_dump() and htb_dump_class() do not strictly need to acquire > qdisc lock to fetch qdisc and/or class parameters. > > We hold RTNL and no changes can occur. > > This reduces by 50% qdisc lock pressure while doing tc qdisc|class dump > operations. > > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> Yep, this looks like a valid locking removal. Applied, thanks! -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html