From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [net-next-2.6 00/10] caif: rcu, refactoring and bugfixes Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 17:48:14 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20110515.174814.2153231984820209172.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1305290648-9613-1-git-send-email-sjur.brandeland@stericsson.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: sjur.brandeland@stericsson.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([198.137.202.13]:54042 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751593Ab1EOVsT convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 May 2011 17:48:19 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1305290648-9613-1-git-send-email-sjur.brandeland@stericsson.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: =46rom: Sjur Br=E6ndeland Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 14:43:58 +0200 > This patch-set introduces RCU in the CAIF stack and > fixes problems found when removing CAIF Link layer during traffic. >=20 > The pattern used for RCU is mostly this: > rcu_read_lock(); > p =3D get(); > hold(p); > rcu_read_unlock(); > use(p); > put(p); >=20 > And when freeing: > synchronize_rcu(); > wait_refcnt(p); > kfree(p); Series applied, thanks.