linux-kernel - Re: [v2 2/5] rosebush: Add new data structure

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Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2024 07:21:18 +0200
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
 Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>, Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>,
 Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, "Paul E. McKenney"
 <paulmck@...nel.org>, Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@...il.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
 maple-tree@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [v2 2/5] rosebush: Add new data structure

>> Under which circumstances would you become interested to apply a statement
>> like “guard(rcu)();”?
>
> Under no circumstances.

I imagine that further contributors would like to discuss collateral evolution
also according to the support for applications of scope-based resource management.
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.10-rc6/source/include/linux/rcupdate.h#L1093

See also the commit 80cd613a9ae091dbf52e27a409d58da988ffc8f3 ("rcu:
Mollify sparse with RCU guard") from 2024-04-15.

Regards,
Markus