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Date: Thu, 5 May 2016 10:12:33 -0700
From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/5] bonding: replace spinlock with
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On Thu,  5 May 2016 16:14:56 +0100
Bernard Iremonger <bernard.iremonger@intel.com> wrote:

> Fixes: a45b288ef21a ("bond: support link status polling")
> Signed-off-by: Bernard Iremonger <bernard.iremonger@intel.com>

You know an uncontested reader/writer lock is significantly slower
than a spinlock.