Re: [RFC PATCH] Add CRC checksum for RCU lists

On Sep 21, 2007, at 17:32:08, Steven Rostedt wrote:

On Fri, 21 Sep 2007, Paul E. McKenney wrote:

On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 02:34:11PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:

-#define RCU_HEAD_INIT 	{ .next = NULL, .func = NULL }
+#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_CRC_HEADER_CHECK
+
+#define RCU_CRC_MAGIC 0xC4809168UL

Very magic indeed -- Google doesn't find it, other than in your patch. ;-)

Paul, I'm disappointed in you. That number doesn't ring a bell at all??

(hint, ignore the 'C' that was added by me).

LOL!  The RCU patent number; very clever indeed!

Cheers,
Kyle Moffett

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