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Date:	Tue, 04 Jan 2011 11:55:45 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc:	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] sched: add __rcu annotation

Le mardi 04 janvier 2011 à 11:17 +0100, Peter Zijlstra a écrit :

> I'm really starting to detest sparse (lock annotations), it keeps adding
> these annotations, but does it ever catch an actual bug?

Actually I caught at least one bug in networking (FIB code ?) thanks to
these __rcu annotations ;)

Cannot remember the exact bug, sorry ;)


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