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Date:	Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:54:05 +0200
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	Ranko Zivojnovic <ranko@...dernet.net>
CC:	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...pl>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: + gen_estimator-fix-locking-and-timer-related-bugs.patch added
 to -mm tree

Ranko Zivojnovic wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-07-09 at 15:52 +0200, Patrick McHardy wrote:
> 
>>You could also use synchronize_rcu(), estimator destruction is
>>not particulary performance critical.
> 
> 
> I've tried synchronize_rcu(), but it went kaboom with the below, thus
> call_rcu() must stay:
> 
> ---cut---
> BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/sched.c:3928
> in_atomic():1, irqs_disabled():0


Right, I forgot that we're holding some locks.

> [...]
> All the changes above now included in the attached patch. I've clean
> compiled it with 2.6.22 and now testing this version.


Looks good. Please resend with a Signed-off-by: line once you're done
testing so Dave can apply it (ideally with a new subject so it doesn't
get missed).

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