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Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2019 08:42:12 +0200
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>
To: Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>
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Subject: Re: [RFC 2/6] ipv4: add lockdep condition to fix for_each_entry

On Sun 2019-06-02 08:24:35, Joel Fernandes wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 2, 2019 at 8:20 AM Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, Jun 2, 2019 at 3:00 AM Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sat 2019-06-01 18:27:34, Joel Fernandes (Google) wrote:
> > > > Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@...lfernandes.org>
> > >
> > > This really needs to be merged to previous patch, you can't break
> > > compilation in middle of series...
> > >
> > > Or probably you need hlist_for_each_entry_rcu_lockdep() macro with
> > > additional argument, and switch users to it.
> >
> > Good point. I can also just add a temporary transition macro, and then
> > remove it in the last patch. That way no new macro is needed.
> 
> Actually, no. There is no compilation break so I did not follow what
> you mean. The fourth argument to the hlist_for_each_entry_rcu is
> optional. The only thing that happens is new lockdep warnings will
> arise which later parts of the series fix by passing in that fourth
> argument.

Sorry, I missed that subtlety. Might be worth it enabling the lockdep
warning last in the series...

								Pavel
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