netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] net: remove some rcu

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Date:   Wed, 22 Mar 2023 05:40:18 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
        dsahern@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] net: remove some rcu_bh cruft

Hello:

This series was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Tue, 21 Mar 2023 04:01:12 +0000 you wrote:
> There is no point using rcu_bh variant hoping to free objects faster,
> especially hen using call_rcu() or kfree_rcu().
> 
> Disabling/enabling BH has a non-zero cost, and adds distracting
> hot spots in kernel profilesm eg in ip6_xmit().
> 
> Eric Dumazet (3):
>   ipv6: flowlabel: do not disable BH where not needed
>   neighbour: switch to standard rcu, instead of rcu_bh
>   net: remove rcu_dereference_bh_rtnl()
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next,1/3] ipv6: flowlabel: do not disable BH where not needed
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/4c5c496a942f
  - [net-next,2/3] neighbour: switch to standard rcu, instead of rcu_bh
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/09eed1192cec
  - [net-next,3/3] net: remove rcu_dereference_bh_rtnl()
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/fe602c87df1b

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