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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv6: Annotate change of locking mechanism for np->opt
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 15:27:42 -0500 (EST)
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From: Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@suse.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 16:20:33 -0800

> follows up commit 45f6fad84cc3 ("ipv6: add complete rcu protection around
> np->opt") which added mixed rcu/refcount protection to np->opt.
> 
> Given the current implementation of rcu_pointer_handoff(), this has no
> effect at runtime.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@suse.com>

Since it has no effect on run-time, applied to net-next, thanks.