netdev - Re: xfrm_state locking regression...

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Message-Id: <20080909.203808.112347106.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:38:08 -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 13:23:04 +1000

> On Tue, Sep 09, 2008 at 08:22:15PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> >
> > > 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.
> 
> That would be very much appreciated.  Thanks Dave!

No problem.  It might be a little bit of a chore because this new
walker design is intimately tied to the af_key non-atomic dump
changes.
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