linux-kernel - Re: Confused about hlist_unhashed

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Date:   Fri, 31 Jan 2020 12:53:37 -0800
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
To:     Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: Confused about hlist_unhashed_lockless()

On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 10:52:46AM -0800, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 10:48 AM Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com> wrote:
> >
> 
> > This is nice, now with have data_race()
> >
> > Remember these patches were sent 2 months ago, at a time we were
> > trying to sort out things.
> >
> > data_race() was merged a few days ago.
> 
> Well, actually data_race() is not there yet anyway.
> 
> Is it really scheduled for 5.7 kernel ?

Right now, yes.  Would it make sense to separate it out and push it
into the current merge window?

							Thanx, Paul