netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net, sched: respect rcu grace period on cls destruction

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Message-ID: <CAM_iQpXk=3b_93aLYYRiEynW9ao6i-v0ah-XqvpBOn_zDf+PsA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 28 Nov 2016 22:55:48 -0800
From:   Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:     "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
        Roi Dayan <roid@...lanox.com>, ast@...com,
        Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>,
        Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net, sched: respect rcu grace period on cls destruction

On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 2:47 AM, Paul E. McKenney
<paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> RCU callbacks are always executed in softirq context, so yes, you do need
> to use something like a work struct.  (Or a wakeup to a kthread or
> whatever.)

Thanks for your information.