From: Florian Westphal Subject: [PATCH net-next v4 0/4] rtnetlink: preparation patches for further rtnl lock pushdown/removal Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 13:58:39 +0200 Message-ID: <20170926115843.12013-1-fw@strlen.de> To: Return-path: Received: from Chamillionaire.breakpoint.cc ([146.0.238.67]:58786 "EHLO Chamillionaire.breakpoint.cc" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S936361AbdIZL60 (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Sep 2017 07:58:26 -0400 Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Patches split large rtnl_fill_ifinfo into smaller chunks to better see which parts 1. require rtnl 2. do not require it at all 3. rely on rtnl locking now but could be converted Changes since v3: I dropped the 'ifalias' patch, I have a change to decouple ifalias and rtnl mutex, I will send it once this series has been merged.