From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jesper Dangaard Brouer Subject: [PATCH 0/5] rcu_barrier: Resubmitting the the networking bits Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:30:56 +0200 Message-ID: <20090626202800.10520.2082.stgit@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: "David S. Miller" Return-path: Received: from lanfw001a.cxnet.dk ([87.72.215.196]:51753 "EHLO lanfw001a.cxnet.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750875AbZFZUax (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:30:53 -0400 Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: This patchset is a resubmit of the network related part of a patchseries titled "We must use rcu_barrier() on module unload". Just to make it easier for DaveM to pick it up. If an unloadable module uses RCU callbacks, it need to use rcu_barrier() so that the module may be safely unloaded. For documentation see: Paul E. McKenney's Blog http://paulmck.livejournal.com/7314.html http://lwn.net/Articles/217484/ Documentation/RCU/rcubarrier.txt Patchset is made on top of Linus'es tree, 4075ea8c54a7506844a69f674990241e7766357b. But I have testet is applies to net-next-2.6. (resubmit this time hoping vger will not eat my mails due to missing double quotes) --- Jesper Dangaard Brouer (5): decnet: Use rcu_barrier() on module unload. ipv6: Use rcu_barrier() on module unload. sunrpc: Use rcu_barrier() on unload. mac80211: Use rcu_barrier() on unload. bridge: Use rcu_barrier() instead of syncronize_net() on unload. net/bridge/br.c | 2 +- net/decnet/af_decnet.c | 2 ++ net/ipv6/af_inet6.c | 2 ++ net/mac80211/mesh.c | 2 +- net/sunrpc/sunrpc_syms.c | 1 + 5 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) -- Best regards, Jesper Brouer ComX Networks A/S Linux Network developer Cand. Scient Datalog / MSc. Author of http://adsl-optimizer.dk LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brouer