netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] inet: remove rcu protection on tw

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Message-Id: <20111214.133528.1525977086673753829.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:35:28 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, ebiederm@...ssion.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] inet: remove rcu protection on tw_net

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:58:33 +0100

> commit b099ce2602d806 (net: Batch inet_twsk_purge) added rcu protection
> on tw_net for no obvious reason.
> 
> struct net are refcounted anyway since timewait sockets escape from rcu
> protected sections. tw_net stay valid for the whole timwait lifetime.
> 
> This also removes a lot of sparse errors.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> CC: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>

Applied.
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