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

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Date:   Mon, 30 Nov 2020 17:58:17 -0600
From:   George McCollister <george.mccollister@...il.com>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...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 5:50 PM Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com> wrote:
>
> 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?

I certainly could take a stab at it. It would be nice to get a
"doesn't sound like a terrible idea at first glance" from Jakub (and
anyone else) before starting on it. Maybe someone has brought this up
before and was shot down for $reason. If so that would be nice to
know. Of course it's possible I could also find some reason it won't
work after investigating/implementing/testing.