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Commit 4b200e39 authored by Taehee Yoo's avatar Taehee Yoo Committed by David S. Miller
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mld: convert ip6_sf_list to RCU



The ip6_sf_list has been protected by mca_lock(spin_lock) so that the
critical section is atomic context. In order to switch this context,
changing locking is needed. The ip6_sf_list actually already protected
by RTNL So if it's converted to use RCU, its control path context can
be switched to sleepable.
But It doesn't remove mca_lock yet because ifmcaddr6 isn't converted
to RCU yet. So, It's not fully converted to the sleepable context.

Suggested-by: default avatarCong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarTaehee Yoo <ap420073@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
parent 882ba1f7
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