netdev - Re: [PATCH][XFRM] Replace rwlock on xfrm_policy

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Date:	Tue, 07 Aug 2012 16:21:38 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	Priyanka.Jain@...escale.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][XFRM] Replace rwlock on xfrm_policy_afinfo with rcu

From: Priyanka Jain <Priyanka.Jain@...escale.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 10:51:44 +0530

> xfrm_policy_afinfo is read mosly data structure.
> Write on xfrm_policy_afinfo is done only at the
> time of configuration.
> So rwlocks can be safely replaced with RCU.
> 
> RCUs usage optimizes the performance.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Priyanka Jain <Priyanka.Jain@...escale.com>

This patch doesn't apply to the net-next tree, please respin.

Also:

> -			xfrm_policy_afinfo[afinfo->family] = NULL;
> +			rcu_assign_pointer(xfrm_policy_afinfo[afinfo->family],
> +				NULL);

Indent that NULL argument properly, it must line up with the first
column after the openning '(' on the previous line.
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