netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/3] ipvs: avoid rcu_barrier during netns cleanup

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Message-ID: <20131017004939.GB21728@verge.net.au>
Date:	Thu, 17 Oct 2013 09:49:39 +0900
From:	Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>
To:	Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>
Cc:	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>, lvs-devel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org,
	Wensong Zhang <wensong@...ux-vs.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] ipvs: avoid rcu_barrier during netns cleanup

On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 10:52:14PM +0300, Julian Anastasov wrote:
> 
> 	Hello,
> 
> On Wed, 16 Oct 2013, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> 
> > I can enqueue this fix to nf if you like. No need to resend, I can
> > manually apply.
> > 
> > Let me know.
> 
> 	It is not critical. I waited weeks the net tree to be
> copied into net-next because it collides with the recent
> "ipvs: make the service replacement more robust" change in
> net tree :) But if a rcu_barrier in the netns cleanup looks
> scary enough you can push it to nf. IMHO, it just adds
> unneeded delay there.

If it is not critical I would prefer for it to travel through
nf-next. Though I do not feel strongly about this.
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