netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] ping: convert to RCU lookups, get rid of rwlock

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Message-Id: <165554641288.13053.1993828248844047948.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date:   Sat, 18 Jun 2022 10:00:12 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ping: convert to RCU lookups, get rid of rwlock

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (master)
by David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>:

On Fri, 17 Jun 2022 21:04:15 -0700 you wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> Using rwlock in networking code is extremely risky.
> writers can starve if enough readers are constantly
> grabing the rwlock.
> 
> I thought rwlock were at fault and sent this patch:
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next] ping: convert to RCU lookups, get rid of rwlock
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/dbca1596bbb0

You are awesome, thank you!
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