Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] mlx4_en: Add PTP hardware clock

From: Richard Cochran <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2013 18:02:58 +0100

On Wed, Dec 25, 2013 at 08:11:00AM -0600, Shawn Bohrer wrote:
> 
> The read/write lock appears to meet these needs but also appears to be
> frowned upon and RCU seems to be preferred.  I'm a bit ignorant when it
> comes to RCU, but can it be used in this case?

No, don't use RCU. It would not make sense here. Just use
reader/writer locks.

Thanks,
Richard