netdev - Re: [PATCH net 6/9] net/mlx4_core: Use RCU to perform radix tree lookup for SRQ

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Date:   Sun, 11 Sep 2016 10:27:29 +0300
From:   Tariq Toukan <ttoukan.linux@...il.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, tariqt@...lanox.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, eranbe@...lanox.com, leonro@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 6/9] net/mlx4_core: Use RCU to perform radix tree
 lookup for SRQ

Hi Dave,

On 08/09/2016 11:36 PM, David Miller wrote:
> From: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>
> Date: Thu,  8 Sep 2016 11:51:58 +0300
>
>> From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...lanox.com>
>>
>> Radix tree lookup can be performed without locking.
>>
>> Fixes: 225c7b1feef1 ("IB/mlx4: Add a driver Mellanox ConnectX InfiniBand adapters")
>> Suggested-by: Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>
>> Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...lanox.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>
> Unless this fixes a bug, it isn't appropriate for 'net'.
I see, I will exclude these patches and re-submit the others.
>
> If it does fix a bug, you have to explain what that bug is and
> how this fixes it.
Thanks,
Tariq