netdev - Re: [Patch net v3 1/3] net_sched: get rid of tcfa

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Message-ID: <20170913061310.GA1922@nanopsycho>
Date:   Wed, 13 Sep 2017 08:13:10 +0200
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>,
        Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [Patch net v3 1/3] net_sched: get rid of tcfa_rcu

Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 11:53:09PM CEST, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com wrote:
>On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 2:36 PM, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us> wrote:
>> Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 11:10:22PM CEST, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com wrote:
>>>On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 3:40 AM, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us> wrote:
>>>> This patch helps:
>>>
>>>Looks good to me. Please feel free to submit a formal patch.
>>
>> Okay, I will send the patch to you formally so you can add it as a first
>> patch of your patchset.
>
>I can carry it by myself if it fits to this patchset. However, I believe it
>should be independent since it has to be backported much further
>than this patchset. I don't know why no one triggered the crash
>before call_rcu() was introduced there.
>
>Anyway, I believe you should submit your patch alone, either before
>or after this patchset, there should be no conflict.

Okay. Will to it before the patchset. Thanks!