netdev - Re: [PATCH 4/5] gtp: remove unnecessary rcu_read

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Date:   Tue, 24 Jan 2017 20:17:32 +0100
From:   Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:     Andreas Schultz <aschultz@...p.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Lionel Gauthier <Lionel.Gauthier@...ecom.fr>,
        openbsc@...ts.osmocom.org, Harald Welte <laforge@...monks.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] gtp: remove unnecessary rcu_read_lock

On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 06:24:01PM +0100, Andreas Schultz wrote:
> The rcu read lock is hold by default in the ip input path. There
> is no need to hold it twice in the socket recv decapsulate code path.

I think this is net-next material since it is not essencial.