netdev - Re: [PATCH] RDMA/addr: Use appropriate locking with for_each

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Message-ID: <adafx856fib.fsf@roland-alpha.cisco.com>
Date:	Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:18:04 -0800
From:	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	Sean Hefty <sean.hefty@...el.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Roland Dreier <rolandd@...co.com>,
	Hal Rosenstock <hal.rosenstock@...il.com>,
	linux-rdma <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] RDMA/addr: Use appropriate locking with for_each_netdev()


 > Its possible to get infinite loops or crashes.

 > I am not a RDMA user, so I personally dont care :)

I think given that it's not a regression, and I've never heard of anyone
hitting it in practice, we can wait until the merge window.

Thanks!
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