netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/1] driver: macvlan: Remove the rcu member of macvlan

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Date:   Wed, 07 Dec 2016 13:22:33 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     fgao@...ai8.com
Cc:     kaber@...sh.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, gfree.wind@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/1] driver: macvlan: Remove the rcu member of
 macvlan_port

From: fgao@...ai8.com
Date: Wed,  7 Dec 2016 12:23:18 +0800

> From: Gao Feng <fgao@...ai8.com>
> 
> When free macvlan_port in macvlan_port_destroy, it is safe to free
> directly because netdev_rx_handler_unregister could enforce one
> grace period.
> So it is unnecessary to use kfree_rcu for macvlan_port.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gao Feng <fgao@...ai8.com>

Applied.