netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 1/6] bonding: simplify and use RCU protection for 3ad xmit path

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Date:	Thu, 05 Sep 2013 07:26:53 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@...hat.com>
Cc:	Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@...wei.com>,
	Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com>,
	Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...hat.com>,
	Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 1/6] bonding: simplify and use RCU
 protection for 3ad xmit path

On Thu, 2013-09-05 at 15:42 +0200, Veaceslav Falico wrote:

> Really?
> 
> No. Again - take a look at list_first_or_null_rcu. And its comments.
> 
> I'm sorry that I'm acting that negatively... But if that gets accepted -
> I'll have days of nightmares.
> 
> Try to understand how RCU works, please, before sending patches using it.

BTW, RCU is really hard, even for experimented kernel developers.



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