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

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Message-ID: <87r2jpmqu2.fsf@notabene.neil.brown.name>
Date:   Fri, 27 Jul 2018 11:04:37 +1000
From:   NeilBrown <neilb@...e.com>
To:     paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.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 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()?

Yes, I like those.
Thanks,
NeilBrown

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