Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 06 Aug 2002 10:07:49 -0700 (PDT) | Subject | Re: "new style" netdevice allocation patch for TUN driver (2.4.18 kernel) | From | "David S. Miller" <> |
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From: "Maksim (Max) Krasnyanskiy" <maxk@qualcomm.com> Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2002 10:07:49 -0700
Dave, how about this
--- net/core/dev.c.orig Mon Aug 5 21:48:54 2002 +++ net/core/dev.c Mon Aug 5 21:54:01 2002 @@ -2577,6 +2577,11 @@
First, the call-chain notifiers are probably not safe to run without rtnl_lock held.
Second, why not just fix the bug instead of applying band-aids to device unregistry? I know it's nice in that it allows you to configure devices some more, but it doesn't make the real problem go away. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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