Re: [PATCH] ipv6: Annotate change of locking mechanism for np->opt

From: David Miller
Date: Thu Feb 18 2016 - 15:27:50 EST


From: Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 16:20:33 -0800

> follows up commit 45f6fad84cc3 ("ipv6: add complete rcu protection around
> np->opt") which added mixed rcu/refcount protection to np->opt.
>
> Given the current implementation of rcu_pointer_handoff(), this has no
> effect at runtime.
>
> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@xxxxxxxx>

Since it has no effect on run-time, applied to net-next, thanks.