netdev - Re: hash_list and rcu locking question

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Message-ID: <20080806205421.GB6277@2ka.mipt.ru>
Date:	Thu, 7 Aug 2008 00:54:21 +0400
From:	Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@....mipt.ru>
To:	Tobias Koeck <tobias.koeck@...il.com>
Cc:	NetDev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: hash_list and rcu locking question

Hi Tobias.

On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 05:56:43PM +0200, Tobias Koeck (tobias.koeck@...il.com) wrote:
> Are the hash_list rcu functions avoiding all locking problems (even
> the one with only one CPU)?

What is hash list? hlist? Or list in a hash bucket?
Does include/linux/rculist.h contain needed bits?

> Are there some abstract examples for the use of the hash_{head,list} structures?

Sorry, my kernel source tree does not know what is 'hash_head'.
What data structure exactly do you mean?

-- 
	Evgeniy Polyakov
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