netdev - Re: [PATCH] tunnels: Fix tunnels change rcu protection

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Message-ID: <1288206372.2658.13.camel@edumazet-laptop>
Date:	Wed, 27 Oct 2010 21:06:12 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...allels.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tunnels: Fix tunnels change rcu protection

Le mercredi 27 octobre 2010 à 21:02 +0200, Eric Dumazet a écrit :


> Hmm, maybe we should allocate a "struct ip_tunnel_parm" instead of using
> an embedded one (in struct ip_tunnel), and stick an rcu_head in it to
> delay its freeing...
> 

I forgot to Ack your patch, of course.

We can implement something better when net-next-2.6 re-opens.

Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>



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