linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/8] percpu_ref: Update doc to dissuade users from depending on internal RCU grace periods

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Message-ID: <20180319171019.GD519464@devbig577.frc2.facebook.com>
Date:   Mon, 19 Mar 2018 10:10:19 -0700
From:   Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:     torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, jannh@...gle.com,
        paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, bcrl@...ck.org,
        viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, kent.overstreet@...il.com
Cc:     security@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-team@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/8] percpu_ref: Update doc to dissuade users from
 depending on internal RCU grace periods

On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 12:45:12PM -0700, Tejun Heo wrote:
> This patch makes it clear that the grace periods are percpu_ref's
> internal implementation detail and can't be depended upon by the
> users.

Applied to percpu/for-4.16-fixes.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun