netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] garp: remove one synchronize

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Message-ID: <4DC831B0.80107@trash.net>
Date:	Mon, 09 May 2011 20:25:52 +0200
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] garp: remove one synchronize_rcu() call

Am 09.05.2011 15:35, schrieb Eric Dumazet:
> Speedup vlan dismantling in CONFIG_VLAN_8021Q_GVRP=y cases,
> by using a call_rcu() to free the memory instead of waiting with
> expensive synchronize_rcu() [ while RTNL is held ]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> Cc: Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
> Cc: Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
> Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
> Note: I'll take care of using kfree_rcu() when available in net-next-2.6
> 

Looks good to me.

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