netdev - Re: [PATCH][net-next] ipv6: rework the lock in addrconf_permanent

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Message-Id: <20160317.210359.537174751019074848.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 17 Mar 2016 21:03:59 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	roy.qing.li@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][net-next] ipv6: rework the lock in
 addrconf_permanent_addr

From: roy.qing.li@...il.com
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2016 11:39:15 +0800

> From: Li RongQing <roy.qing.li@...il.com>
> 
> 1. nothing of idev is changed, so read lock is enough
> 2. ifp is changed, so used ifp->lock or cmpxchg to protect it
> 
> Signed-off-by: Li RongQing <roy.qing.li@...il.com>

Sorry this simplification is not appropriate for net-next at this
time, as it is closed.

Please resubmit this at a later date, thanks.