netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/5] sctp: add the rhashtable apis for sctp global transport hashtable

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Date:	Mon, 11 Jan 2016 16:35:43 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mleitner@...hat.com
Cc:	vyasevich@...il.com, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au,
	lucien.xin@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org, vyasevic@...hat.com,
	daniel@...earbox.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/5] sctp: add the rhashtable apis for sctp
 global transport hashtable

From: mleitner@...hat.com
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 16:09:27 -0200

> There is still the other part of this thread to be worked on (re
> ->dead), maybe that will justify extra stuff in here but I really
> wouldn't like to add extra structures and locks on this just to satisfy
> an unreasonable scenario like this. This hash is very busy, the lean it
> is, the better.

It is never "unreasonable" if it is necessary to fix a real bug, which
this is.