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

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Message-ID: <1344579992.31104.1224.camel@edumazet-glaptop>
Date:	Fri, 10 Aug 2012 08:26:32 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Jain Priyanka-B32167 <B32167@...escale.com>
Cc:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Fan Du <fan.du@...driver.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH][XFRM] Replace rwlock on xfrm_policy_afinfo with rcu

On Fri, 2012-08-10 at 04:28 +0000, Jain Priyanka-B32167 wrote:
> Hello Eric Dumazet,
> 
> Like Fan Du, even I could not see the bug in the current code. Can you please elaborate
> Yes, it might be invalid, but all the callers have checked the return value, thus use it in a sane way.
> So I don't follow "Note the current code is buggy as well".
> 
> Am I missing something here?
> 

Hmm, I misread the code, sorry for the false alarm.


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