netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/3] rhashtable: Get rid of raw table walkers part 1

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Date:   Fri, 19 Aug 2016 14:40:51 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     herbert@...dor.apana.org.au
Cc:     tgraf@...g.ch, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] rhashtable: Get rid of raw table walkers part 1

From: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 16:48:54 +0800

> This series starts the process of getting rid of all raw rhashtable
> walkers (e.g., using any of the rht_for_each helpers) from the
> kernel.
> 
> We need to do this before I can fix the resize kmalloc failure issue
> by using multi-layered tables.
> 
> We should do this anyway because almost all raw table walkers are
> already buggy in that they don't handle multiple rhashtables during
> a resize.

Series applied to net-next with v2 of patch #3.

> Dave/Tomas, please keep an eye out for any new patches that try
> to introduce raw table walkers and nack them.

Ok.