netdev - Re: [PATCH] pkt_sched: Destroy gen estimators under rtnl

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Date:	Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:13:14 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	herbert@...dor.apana.org.au
Cc:	jarkao2@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pkt_sched: Destroy gen estimators under rtnl_lock().

From: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:36:45 +1000

> On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 09:31:31PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> > 
> > Ok, here is what I'll do as a rough plan:
> > 
> > 1) Integrate this patch with your drop suggestion and ingress
> >    fixed up.
> > 
> > 2) Integrate Jarek's patch that closes the "both bits clear"
> >    hole.
> > 
> > 3) Add my bit that makes dev_deactivate() always take the spinlock
> >    so there is just one simple yield() loop.
> > 
> > And, finally, we can be at the point where we can get rid of the
> > RCU deferral of qdisc_destroy().
> > 
> > Should be fun evening :-)
> 
> Worthy of a gold medal :)

:-)

All of this is now pushed to net-2.6 on kernel.org
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