Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 15 May 2003 13:10:21 -0700 (PDT) | Subject | Re: [PATCH][ATM] add reference counting to atm_dev | From | "David S. Miller" <> |
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From: chas williams <chas@locutus.cmf.nrl.navy.mil> Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 10:39:26 -0400
any other ideas or preferences?
Hold the RTNL semaphore when making any changes, therefore you know no items can be removed/added while you hold this semaphore.
I mean, this is the most fundamental part of how the networking locks configuration changes, I'm actually baffled that ATM doesn't make use of it :-(
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