netdev - Re: [net-next-2.6 00/10] caif: rcu, refactoring and bugfixes

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Date:	Sun, 15 May 2011 17:48:14 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sjur.brandeland@...ricsson.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net-next-2.6 00/10] caif: rcu, refactoring and bugfixes

From: Sjur Brændeland <sjur.brandeland@...ricsson.com>
Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 14:43:58 +0200

> This patch-set introduces RCU in the CAIF stack and
> fixes problems found when removing CAIF Link layer during traffic.
> 
> The pattern used for RCU is mostly this:
> 	rcu_read_lock();
> 	p = get();
> 	hold(p);
> 	rcu_read_unlock();
> 	use(p);
> 	put(p);
> 
> And when freeing:
> 	synchronize_rcu();
> 	wait_refcnt(p);
> 	kfree(p);

Series applied, thanks.
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