netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/3] net: dsa: add Arrow SpeedChips XRS700x driver

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Date:   Tue, 1 Dec 2020 01:50:31 +0200
From:   Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
To:     George McCollister <george.mccollister@...il.com>
Cc:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        "open list:OPEN FIRMWARE AND..." <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/3] net: dsa: add Arrow SpeedChips XRS700x
 driver

On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 10:52:35AM -0600, George McCollister wrote:
> Another possible option could be replacing for_each_netdev_rcu with
> for_each_netdev_srcu and using list_for_each_entry_srcu (though it's
> currently used nowhere else in the kernel). Has anyone considered
> using sleepable RCUs or thought of a reason they wouldn't work or
> wouldn't be desirable? For more info search for SRCU in
> Documentation/RCU/RTFP.txt

Want to take the lead?