netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: convert to rcu_dereference_index

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Message-ID: <20100806215447.GM2432@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Fri, 6 Aug 2010 14:54:47 -0700
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, arnd@...db.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: convert to rcu_dereference_index_check()

On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 02:49:01PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 14:26:07 -0700
> 
> > At long last, the following is the final patch blocking acceptance
> > of Arnd's sparse annotations for RCU.  It was itself blocked behind
> > the definition of rcu_dereference_index_check(), which made it to
> > mainline only just today.
> > 
> > Would you be willing to ack this patch so that I can push it to -tip,
> > along with Arnd's work and a bunch of other stuff?
>  ...
> >     net: convert to rcu_dereference_index_check()
> >     
> >     The task_cls_classid() function applies rcu_dereference() to integers,
> >     which does not work with the shiny new sparse-based checking in
> >     rcu_dereference().  This commit therefore moves to the new RCU API
> >     rcu_dereference_index_check().
> >     
> >     Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> >     Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
> 
> You should of course wait for Herbert's ACK too, but for
> the record:
> 
> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
> 
> :-)

Thank you, David!!!  ;-)

							Thanx, Paul
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