linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] torture: Remove support for SRCU-lite

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Message-ID: <aFvmG2lT65Ido1fq@infradead.org>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 05:05:47 -0700
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
Cc: rcu@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...a.com,
	rostedt@...dmis.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] torture: Remove support for SRCU-lite

On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 09:13:56AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> Because SRCU-lite is being replaced by SRCU-fast, this commit removes
> support for SRCU-lite from refscale.c.

Please explain how they different and why one is a good enough (or
even better?) replacement for the other.