netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/3] net: Kill net

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Date:   Tue, 20 Feb 2018 15:18:57 -0800
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@...tuozzo.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com,
        vyasevic@...hat.com, paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        vyasevich@...il.com, mark.rutland@....com,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, leonro@...lanox.com,
        avagin@...tuozzo.com, fw@...len.de, roman.kapl@...go.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] net: Kill net_mutex

On Mon, 19 Feb 2018 12:58:38 +0300
Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@...tuozzo.com> wrote:

> +	struct list_head	exit_list;	/* To linked to call pernet exit
> +						 * methods on dead net (net_sem
> +						 * read locked), or to unregister
> +						 * pernet ops (net_sem wr locked).
> +						 */

Sorry, that comment is completely unparseable.
Either you know what it does, and therefore comment is unnecessary
Or change comment to a valid explanation of the semantics of the list.

Maybe comments about locking model are best left to where
it is used in the code.