netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH v1 1/3] net: sched: remove tcf

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Date:	Mon, 6 Oct 2014 09:52:56 -0700
From:	Cong Wang <cwang@...pensource.com>
To:	John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>
Cc:	Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v1 1/3] net: sched: remove tcf_proto from ematch calls

On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 9:27 PM, John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com> wrote:
> This removes the tcf_proto argument from the ematch code paths that
> only need it to reference the net namespace. This allows simplifying
> qdisc code paths especially when we need to tear down the ematch
> from an RCU callback. In this case we can not guarentee that the
> tcf_proto structure is still valid.
>
> Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>

The code looks cleaner now. :)

Acked-by: Cong Wang <cwang@...pensource.com>
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