netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v6 01/11] net: sched: use rcu for action cookie update

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Date:   Fri, 13 Jul 2018 15:11:10 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     xiyou.wangcong@...il.com
Cc:     vladbu@...lanox.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, jhs@...atatu.com,
        jiri@...nulli.us, ast@...nel.org, daniel@...earbox.net,
        kliteyn@...lanox.com, jiri@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v6 01/11] net: sched: use rcu for action
 cookie update

From: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2018 14:51:15 -0700

> Can we at least agree you have no justification for this change in
> this changelog?

He stated that he wishes to make this subsystem more lockless, and he
cannot do that without making the action cookie handling use RCU.

I agree with the stated goal, and the necessity of this kind of change.

Therefore I applied the patch.

I really don't see what the problem is.

I also gave a couple days for this patch set to get reviewed.  If you
have a problem, please respond to the patch posting.  When I see nobody
is reviewing, that is when I step in and make my own judgment.

So when you want your objection to be heard, please do so in a timely
manner.  That helps all of us.

Thank you.