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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] reduce rcu_head size [2/2]
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Dipankar Sarma <dipankar@in.ibm.com> wrote:
>
>  This patch changes the call_rcu() API and avoids passing an
>  argument to the callback function as suggested by Rusty. 

This breaks the bridge driver:


static void destroy_nbp(struct rcu_head *head)

int br_add_if(struct net_bridge *br, struct net_device *dev)
{
	struct net_bridge_port *p;

	...
		destroy_nbp(p);