netdev - Re: [PATCH net] Revert "defer call to mem_cgroup_sk

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Date:   Fri, 02 Feb 2018 10:39:04 -0800
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>
Cc:     Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...com,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] Revert "defer call to mem_cgroup_sk_alloc()"

On Fri, 2018-02-02 at 18:06 +0000, Roman Gushchin wrote:
> 
> Idk, how even we can hit it? And if so, what scary will happen?
> 
> If you prefer to have it there, I definitely can return it,
> but I see no profit so far.

I was simply curious this was not mentioned in the changelog.

A revert is normally a true revert, modulo the changes needed by
conflicts and possible changes.

I personally do not care of this BUG_ON(), I had not put it in the
first place.

Thanks.