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Subject: Re: [PATCH] (8/8) Kill brlock
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   From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
   Date: 12 Mar 2003 06:56:09 +0100

   Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes:
   
   > If Linus is scared ;) then throw them at me for -ac by all means. Anyone
   > running -ac IDE test sets is brave enough to run rcu network code 8)
   
   It's unlikely to cause problems, unless you start/stop tcpdump all day.
   
   Protocol addition/deletion is really rare.

True, and this is why people should wrap their brains around
the patch or stress these specific cases really hard.

Rusty's module stress testers might be useful here.
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