Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 15 May 2003 17:14:57 -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 16:20:41 -0400
i suspect atm doesnt use rtnl because its register/unregister function dont use the underlying netdevice layer (when perhaps it should).
There is no correlation between whether you use netdevice or not and whether network configuration changes should be synchronized using the RTNL semaphore :-)
thanks for the pointer.
No problem.
here is the the atm_dev locking patch with the __module_get change:
Ok, I'll apply this. But long term we really need to clean out the cobwebs here, use RTNL, do solid module refcounting etc. - 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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