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From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: allow netdev_wait_allrefs() to run faster
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:43:50 +0100
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Benjamin LaHaise a =E9crit :
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 06:45:32PM -0700, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>> I was expecting someone to run into problems with the linear directo=
ry
>> of sysfs someday.
>=20
> Alas, sysfs isn't the only offender.
>=20
> 		-ben

In my tests, the sysfs lookup by name is the big offender, I believe yo=
u should
post your rb_tree patch ASAP ;) Then we can go further