netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/5] rhashtable: don't hold lock on first table throughout insertion.

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Message-Id: <20180727031815.GW24813@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:   Thu, 26 Jul 2018 20:18:15 -0700
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     NeilBrown <neilb@...e.com>
Cc:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] rhashtable: don't hold lock on first table
 throughout insertion.

On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 11:04:37AM +1000, NeilBrown wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 25 2018, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> >> 
> >> Looks good ... except ... naming is hard.
> >> 
> >>  is_after_call_rcu_init()  asserts where in the lifecycle we are,
> >>  is_after_call_rcu() tests where in the lifecycle we are.
> >> 
> >>  The names are similar but the purpose is quite different.
> >>  Maybe s/is_after_call_rcu_init/call_rcu_init/ ??
> >
> > How about rcu_head_init() and rcu_head_after_call_rcu()?

Very well, I will pull this change in on my next rebase.

							Thanx, Paul