netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 1/1] net_sched: Introduce skbmod action

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Date:   Mon, 29 Aug 2016 06:27:53 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Cc:     Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 1/1] net_sched: Introduce skbmod action

On Sun, 2016-08-28 at 22:10 -0700, Cong Wang wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 9:07 AM, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:
> >
> > Adding an action with a spinlock held in fast path in 2016 is
> > a way to tell people : It is a toy, do not use it for real.
> >
> > Sorry guys. Friends do not let friends do that anymore.
> >
> 
> Please stop joking, this is not funny at all:
> 
> % git grep tcf_lock -- net/sched

This is absolutely trivial to write this skbmod without taking a lock.

If you guys do not care about that, I will simply NACK any new lazy
code.

Do not try to call me funny, simply acknowledge the mere facts and try
to keep your calm Cong.