On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 7:46 PM, Stephen Hemminger
[off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

+/* this is just used for stats gathering :/ */

Then I would think a high speed protocol would use per-cpu
and/or rcu.

For a spinlock guarding a socket list? I wouldn't think it would be
worth the complexity.

[other comments snipped, will fix per your advice, thanks!]

Regards -- Andy