netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] net/sched: act

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Date:   Tue, 10 Jul 2018 16:58:16 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     dcaratti@...hat.com
Cc:     xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] net/sched: act_skbedit: lockless data path

From: Davide Caratti <dcaratti@...hat.com>
Date: Fri,  6 Jul 2018 12:40:12 +0200

> the data path of act_skbedit can be faster if we avoid using spinlocks:
>  - patch 1 converts act_skbedit statistics to use per-cpu counters
>  - patch 2 lets act_skbedit use RCU to read/update its configuration 

This doesn't apply cleanly to net-next, please respin.

Thank you.