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Re: [PATCH] Move inetdev/ifa over to RCU

To: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Move inetdev/ifa over to RCU
From: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 17:39:24 -0700
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On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 10:34:28 +1000
Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > Ok I see now.  I've added your patch, it seems correct.
> 
> Thanks.  I presume you've reversed the previous patch as well?

Yes and I cured the one typo in it two, idev-->in_dev :-)

> BTW, it looks like you can remove inetdev_lock altogether.  All its
> users already assume that they don't race against each other by
> taking the rtnl lock.

Possibly, I'll have a look.

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