netdev - Re: [PATCH] IPV4 : Move ip route cache flush (secret

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Date:	Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:54:45 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dada1@...mosbay.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] IPV4 : Move ip route cache flush (secret_rebuild) from
 softirq to workqueue

From: Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:40:27 +0100

> +	unsigned long fake = 0, *flag_ptr;
 ...
> +		/*
> +		 * This is a fast version of :
> +		 * if (process_context && need_resched())
> +		 */
> +		if (unlikely(test_bit(TIF_NEED_RESCHED, flag_ptr)))
> +			cond_resched();

Too much exposure to internals for me to apply this, really.

I have no problem with the change conceptually at all, this
detail is just too dirty.
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