Re: [PATCH] (5/8) Eliminate brlock from netfilter

Zwane Mwaikambo (zwane@holomorphy.com)
Tue, 11 Mar 2003 20:25:40 -0500 (EST)

On Tue, 11 Mar 2003, Stephen Hemminger wrote:

> void nf_unregister_hook(struct nf_hook_ops *reg)
> {
> - br_write_lock_bh(BR_NETPROTO_LOCK);
> + spin_lock_bh(&nf_lock);
> list_del(&reg->list);
> - br_write_unlock_bh(BR_NETPROTO_LOCK);
> + spin_unlock_bh(&nf_lock);
> +
> + synchronize_kernel();
> }

Won't that have to be list_del_rcu there?

Zwane

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