netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/5] bonding: patchset for rcu use in bonding

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Date:	Sun, 27 Oct 2013 17:44:58 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	vfalico@...hat.com
Cc:	dingtianhong@...wei.com, fubar@...ibm.com, andy@...yhouse.net,
	nikolay@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/5] bonding: patchset for rcu use in
 bonding

From: Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@...hat.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 22:10:48 +0100

> All the changelogs for the patches are *the same*, and, while they try
> to
> explain what's done overall, the don't explain what's done per-patch,
> why
> it's done and why is it safe to move those locks around.

He did say so, he listed in fact three alternative ways to fix the
locking problem and then explciitly stated which of the three he
choose.

I would have preferred that he did all of this in the initial 0/N
patch posting, but I can't defer forever.
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