netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/9] net: xfrm: use this_cpu

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Date:	Thu, 01 Nov 2012 17:00:56 +0800
From:	Shan Wei <shanwei88@...il.com>
To:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
CC:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>, steffen.klassert@...unet.com,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	NetDev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kernel-Maillist <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/9] net: xfrm: use this_cpu_ptr per-cpu helper

Herbert Xu said, at 2012/11/1 11:41:
> Please refer to the comment in the patch above.
> 
> But I think the patch is wrong anyway because it would introduce
> a warning, no?

yes, __this_cpu_ptr(or __this_cpu_read) is more reasonable 
which don't check preemption context.

> 
> Thanks,
> 

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