netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: use synchronize_rcu

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Date:	Tue, 24 May 2011 21:44:45 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: use synchronize_rcu_expedited()

Le mardi 24 mai 2011 à 12:24 -0700, Paul E. McKenney a écrit :

> Might make sense, though most of the gains would need to come from
> kicking the grace-period machinery hard in order to make it go faster.
> 
> Interesting -- I will give this some thought.
> 

I am working on a final step, using a workqueue so that the
rcu_barrier() is not done under RTNL, so it wont be anymore a blocking
point to dismantle hundred of devices per second...

Thanks


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