netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net neigh: RCU conversion of neigh hash table

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Date:	Tue, 05 Oct 2010 14:55:15 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net neigh: RCU conversion of neigh hash table

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2010 18:15:44 +0200

> [PATCH net-next] net neigh: RCU conversion of neigh hash table
> 
> Instead of storing hash_buckets, hash_mask and hash_rnd in "struct
> neigh_table", a new structure is defined :
> 
> struct neigh_hash_table {
>        struct neighbour        **hash_buckets;
>        unsigned int            hash_mask;
>        __u32                   hash_rnd;
>        struct rcu_head         rcu;
> };
> 
> And "struct neigh_table" has an RCU protected pointer to such a
> neigh_hash_table.
> 
> This means the signature of (*hash)() function changed: We need to add a
> third parameter with the actual hash_rnd value, since this is not
> anymore a neigh_table field.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

Also applied.

Looking good so far! :)
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