netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] net: sock_def_readable() and friends RCU conversion

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Date:	Sat, 01 May 2010 15:00:34 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	hadi@...erus.ca, xiaosuo@...il.com, therbert@...gle.com,
	shemminger@...tta.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, eilong@...adcom.com,
	bmb@...enacr.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] net: sock_def_readable() and friends RCU
 conversion

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Sat, 01 May 2010 10:03:31 +0200

> David, I also need this RCU thing in order to be able to group all
> wakeups at the end of net_rx_action().
> 
> Plan was to use RCU, so that I dont need to increase sk_refcnt when
> queueing a "wakeup" (and decrease sk_refcnt a long time after)
> 
> Previous attempt was a bit hacky,
> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/24179/
> 
> I expect 2010 one will be cleaner :)

Fair enough, I'm convinced now, applied thanks!
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