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Re: [RFC][PATCH] identify in_dev_get rcu read-side critical sections

To: Suzanne Wood <suzannew@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] identify in_dev_get rcu read-side critical sections
From: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 05:29:34 +1000
Cc: Robert.Olsson@xxxxxxxxxxx, davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx, paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx, walpole@xxxxxxxxxx
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On Sat, Oct 01, 2005 at 11:37:14AM -0700, Suzanne Wood wrote:
> 
> But the following may be worth considering.
> 
>   > It is also probably good to retain the old __in_dev_get()
> and deprecate it.

I think it's better to get rid of it actually so that if there are
external modules using this they can make sure that they're using
the right function.

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