netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/3] ipvs: avoid rcu_barrier during netns cleanup

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Date:	Thu, 17 Oct 2013 17:30:04 +0900
From:	Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>
To:	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
Cc:	Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>, lvs-devel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org,
	Wensong Zhang <wensong@...ux-vs.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] ipvs: avoid rcu_barrier during netns cleanup

On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 10:11:42AM +0200, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 09:49:39AM +0900, Simon Horman wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 10:52:14PM +0300, Julian Anastasov wrote:
> > > 
> > > 	Hello,
> > > 
> > > On Wed, 16 Oct 2013, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> > > 
> > > > I can enqueue this fix to nf if you like. No need to resend, I can
> > > > manually apply.
> > > > 
> > > > Let me know.
> > > 
> > > 	It is not critical. I waited weeks the net tree to be
> > > copied into net-next because it collides with the recent
> > > "ipvs: make the service replacement more robust" change in
> > > net tree :) But if a rcu_barrier in the netns cleanup looks
> > > scary enough you can push it to nf. IMHO, it just adds
> > > unneeded delay there.
> > 
> > If it is not critical I would prefer for it to travel through
> > nf-next. Though I do not feel strongly about this.
> 
> Will enqueue for nf-next.
> 
> I'd appreciate if you can recover the tradition of attaching a short
> evaluation in the cover letter as I do when I send pull requests to
> David. Thanks!

Sure, will do.
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