netdev - Re: xfrm_state locking regression...

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Message-Id: <20080909.202215.197131148.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:22:15 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	herbert@...dor.apana.org.au
Cc:	timo.teras@....fi, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: xfrm_state locking regression...

From: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:15:59 +1000

> This patch is now redundant.

Ok.

> What could be done though is to remove x->all and restore the
> original walking by hashing.  This would eliminate a list node
> from xfrm_state, and would also restore the original dump ordering.

Yes I remember you mentioning that.

If you're too busy I can try to spin this idea into a patch.
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