linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: make netdev_wait

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Date:   Thu, 17 Sep 2020 09:17:33 -0700
From:   Francesco Ruggeri <fruggeri@...sta.com>
To:     Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc:     open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
        Taehee Yoo <ap420073@...il.com>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: make netdev_wait_allrefs wake-able

On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 11:51 PM Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> Honestly I would not touch dev_put() at all.
>
> Simply change the msleep(250) to something better, with maybe
> exponential backoff.

OK, I will try that.

Francesco