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author | Sven Eckelmann <sven.eckelmann@gmx.de> | 2010-09-12 23:21:54 +0200 |
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committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> | 2010-09-14 16:38:32 -0700 |
commit | 368b4f06c8809b72df9e46af90dcd9aaf5daafc3 (patch) | |
tree | 2c7c6d1a098d24c667057c4b76c7bfa5f3f54902 /drivers/staging/batman-adv | |
parent | f73d8b43219970ecb010f34649d22042a5723318 (diff) | |
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Staging: batman-adv: Add rcu TODO
Paul E. McKenney informed us that rcu is misused by leaking pointers to
rcu related elements outside read-side protected critical sections.
He also recommended that it should be checked against the rcu checklist.
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven.eckelmann@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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diff --git a/drivers/staging/batman-adv/TODO b/drivers/staging/batman-adv/TODO index 1457c7f..3af8028 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/batman-adv/TODO +++ b/drivers/staging/batman-adv/TODO @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ + * Rework usage of RCU + - don't leak pointers from rcu out of rcu critical area which may + get freed + - check were synchronize_rcu must be used + - go through Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt * Request a new review * Process the comments from the review * Move into mainline proper |