On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 01:56 +0900, Tetsuo Handa wrote: > So, I don't need to grab a reference to "ptr" > because memory region pointed by "ptr" will never be kfree()ed. > And it is legal to use "ptr" after rcu_read_unlock() > because memory region pointed by "ptr" will never be kfree()ed.
Still think that is a very BAD (tm) idea. Esp since with the help of RCU there is hardly any performance loss of not doing proper deletes. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/