netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] ipv4: add rcu annotations in route.c

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Message-ID: <1284753573.4373.7.camel@edumazet-laptop>
Date:	Fri, 17 Sep 2010 21:59:33 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] ipv4: add rcu annotations in route.c

Le vendredi 17 septembre 2010 à 17:59 +0200, Eric Dumazet a écrit :
> Use __rcu attribute where appropriate.
> 
> Use rcu_dereference_raw() in contexts where no lock is held.
> 
> Use rcu_dereference_check() in contexts where the chain spinlock is
> held.

Hmm, it should be rcu_dereference_protected(), I'll send a v2

This is a bit tricky ...



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