Re: [PATCH net-next v3 00/10] Refactor classifier API to work with Qdisc/blocks without rtnl lock

From: Vlad Buslov <redacted>
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 19:18:32 +0300

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The goal of this change is to refactor tcf_block_find() and its
dependencies to allow concurrent execution:
- Extend Qdisc API with rcu to lookup and take reference to Qdisc
  without relying on rtnl lock.
- Extend tcf_block with atomic reference counting and rcu.
- Always take reference to tcf_block while working with it.
- Implement tcf_block_release() to release resources obtained by
  tcf_block_find()
- Create infrastructure to allow registering Qdiscs with class ops that
  do not require the caller to hold rtnl lock.

Series applied, thank you.