netdev - Re: [PATCH] rhashtable: Add rht_ptr_rcu and improve rht

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Message-Id: <20190529.132727.2126150171664299484.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Wed, 29 May 2019 13:27:27 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     herbert@...dor.apana.org.au
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rhashtable: Add rht_ptr_rcu and improve rht_ptr

From: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Date: Tue, 28 May 2019 15:02:31 +0800

> This patch moves common code between rht_ptr and rht_ptr_exclusive
> into __rht_ptr.  It also adds a new helper rht_ptr_rcu exclusively
> for the RCU case.  This way rht_ptr becomes a lock-only construct
> so we can use the lighter rcu_dereference_protected primitive.
>  
> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>

Applied to net-next, thank you.