netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/4] xfrm: remove policy lock when accessing policy->walk.dead

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Date:	Thu, 01 Apr 2010 06:53:15 -0400
From:	jamal <hadi@...erus.ca>
To:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, timo.teras@....fi,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] xfrm: remove policy lock when accessing
 policy->walk.dead


Ive tried it with net-next which is derived of 2.6.34-rc1
and it seems to work as expected
i.e. only the flush on a non-empty SAD is event-ed.
Probably older kernel you are running?

cheers,
jamal

On Wed, 2010-03-31 at 22:19 -0400, jamal wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-04-01 at 08:22 +0800, Herbert Xu wrote:
> 
> > OK, in that case please change xfrm_state_flush too.  Right now
> > it also notifies on empty.
> 
> It shouldnt. I will double check it tomorrow..
> 
> cheers,
> jamal

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