linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 8/9] Call idr_find() without locking in ipc

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Message-ID: <20080508141126.7546649d@bree.surriel.com>
Date:	Thu, 8 May 2008 14:11:26 -0400
From:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
To:	Nadia.Derbey@...l.net
Cc:	manfred@...orfullife.com, paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	lnxninja@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	efault@....de, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	Nadia Derbey <Nadia.Derbey@...l.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/9] Call idr_find() without locking in ipc_lock()

On Wed, 07 May 2008 13:36:01 +0200
Nadia.Derbey@...l.net wrote:

> [PATCH 08/09]
> 
> This patch makes idr_find() called locklessly in ipc_lock(), since the idr
> tree is now RCU protected.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nadia Derbey <Nadia.Derbey@...l.net>

Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>

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