Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: getaddrinfo slowdown in 3.17.1, due to getifaddrs | From | Eric Dumazet <> | Date | Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:19:24 -0700 |
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On Fri, 2014-10-17 at 12:30 -0400, David Miller wrote:
> Can I ask a serious question? What is the synchronize_net() in AF_NETLINK > exactly needed for?
__netlink_lookup() calls rhashtable_lookup_compare()
So you really want that any object found in this lookup respects rcu grace period before being freed.
RCU contract is pretty clear about deletions of objects.
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