linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 33/41] net/bridge: Replace call_rcu_bh() and rcu_barrier

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Date:   Tue, 13 Nov 2018 02:29:00 +0200
From:   Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:     "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.ibm.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     mingo@...nel.org, jiangshanlai@...il.com, dipankar@...ibm.com,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com,
        josh@...htriplett.org, tglx@...utronix.de, peterz@...radead.org,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, dhowells@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
        fweisbec@...il.com, oleg@...hat.com, joel@...lfernandes.org,
        Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 33/41] net/bridge: Replace call_rcu_bh() and
 rcu_barrier_bh()

On 11/11/18 9:44 PM, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> Now that call_rcu()'s callback is not invoked until after all bh-disable
> regions of code have completed (in addition to explicitly marked
> RCU read-side critical sections), call_rcu() can be used in place
> of call_rcu_bh().  Similarly, rcu_barrier() can be used in place of
> rcu_barrier_bh().  This commit therefore makes these changes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.ibm.com>
> Cc: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
> Cc: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
> Cc: <bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
> ---
>  net/bridge/br_mdb.c       |  2 +-
>  net/bridge/br_multicast.c | 14 +++++++-------
>  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 

Really like this change, makes life simpler.

Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>