Re: [rfc] IPVS: convert scheduler management to RCU

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On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 12:29:00PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 10:59:19PM +0900, Simon Horman wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 10:33:21PM +0900, Simon Horman wrote:
> > > Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

[ snip ]

> > > @@ -223,8 +223,8 @@ int unregister_ip_vs_scheduler(struct ip
> > >  	/*
> > >  	 *	Remove it from the d-linked scheduler list
> > >  	 */
> > > -	list_del(&scheduler->n_list);
> > > -	write_unlock_bh(&__ip_vs_sched_lock);
> > > +	list_del_rcu(&scheduler->n_list);
> > > +	spin_unlock_bh(&ip_vs_sched_mutex);
> > 
> > On further reading, I believe that I need a synchronize_rcu(); here,
> 
> Good catch!

:-)

> However, you actually need synchronize_rcu_bh() to match your
> rcu_read_lock_bh() calls.  Also, given Julian's comment, you probably
> need something to show that this conversion is a real improvement.

Thanks.  As suggested by Julian and others, I've decided to just
use a spinlock and not use RCU for this.

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