netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 06/24] rxrpc: Dup the main conn list for the proc interface

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Date:	Tue, 05 Jul 2016 20:53:17 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 06/24] rxrpc: Dup the main conn list for the proc interface

David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:

> Wouldn't it be better to just code the proc stuff to walk whatever
> table the rest of the stack uses to hold all of the connections
> as TCP et al. do?

I should also mention that this is an intermediate step.  Splitting out the
procfs list makes it easier to fix the reap lists.  I can always make the proc
code do something different once the reap fixes have settled down.

David