netdev - Re: [PATCH 4/7] flow: delayed deletion of flow cache entries

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Date:	Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:36:12 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Timo Teräs <timo.teras@....fi>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7] flow: delayed deletion of flow cache entries

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 03:32:58PM +0300, Timo Teräs wrote:
> If flow cache regeneration or shrinking is triggered in lookup,
> it would previously free it in place. Now that is deferred. But
> yes, it's more useful after the next patches that call the
> virtual destructor. Should have explained this better.

Any chance you can refactor them so that this comes after the
virtual get/put patch?

That way can evaluate this on its own merit rather than being
a prerequisite for the more important stuff.

Thanks,
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