Re: [PATCH V2 1/4] posix-timers: Make next_posix_timer_id an atomic_t

[Eric Dumazet]

On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Feb 19 2025 at 12:55, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> > Instead of relying on a global and shared hash_lock
> > to protect sig->next_posix_timer_id, make it atomic.
> >
> > This allows the following patch to use RCU.
>
> Your patch ordering is slightly off by two :)
>
> And it fails to explain for what RCU can be used....

This is explained in the following patches.

If I add nothing in the changelog, you complain the changelog is not
explaining anything.

I suggest you write the patches. because I feel a huge resistance,
which I do not understand.

Thank you.