linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] slub: fix slab_pad_check() and SLAB_DESTROY_BY

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Message-ID: <20090903150044.GB6761@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Thu, 3 Sep 2009 08:00:44 -0700
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	Zdenek Kabelac <zdenek.kabelac@...il.com>,
	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>, Robin Holt <holt@....com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@...x.dk>,
	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Netfilter Developers <netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] slub: fix slab_pad_check() and SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU

On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 12:45:43PM -0500, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Sep 2009, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> 
> > on a SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU cache, there is no need to try to optimize this
> > rcu_barrier() call, unless we want superfast reboot/halt sequences...
> 
> I stilll think that the action to quiesce rcu is something that the caller
> of kmem_cache_destroy must take care of.

Why?

							Thanx, Paul

> Could you split this into two patches: One that addresses the poison and
> another that deals with rcu?
> 
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