On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 08:18:56AM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:58:25 -0800 > "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 09:55:21PM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > > This patch converts existing SCTP hash list to using RCU > > > rather than reader/writer lock. Also, get rid of no longer used > > > locking wrappers. > > > > > > In future, the SCTP hash locking should be broken out from the > > > hash structure because of the wasted space for the hash locks > > > and associated holes. A single lock per hashlist is sufficient > > > now that RCU is used. > > > > > > Compile tested only. I can't think of an SCTP stress application. > > > > > > P.s: Some janitor ought to go through and remove the locking > > > macros here. > > > > One question below about what looks to be mixing of RCU and RCU-bh > > read-side critical sections while waiting only for RCU grace periods. > > Unless I am missing something, this can result in memory corruption. > > Thanks, I copied the original locking which was broken there as well. I know that feeling! :-) Thanx, Paul -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-sctp" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
