Messages in this thread |  | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH][ATM] use rtnl_{lock,unlock} during device operations (take 2) | | Date | Fri, 06 Jun 2003 20:56:06 -0400 | | From | chas williams <> |
| |
In message <20030606211005.H3232@almesberger.net>,Werner Almesberger writes: >The data plane, yes. But the control/configuration plane is >synchronous. And it also makes sure that the driver stops >doing asynchronous things when removing a VCC.
but parts of the control/config plane still arent synchronus. how about atm_async_release()? actually i believe its up to the driver author to make sure that a vcc isnt used after the close completes. but very few (if any) try to do this. - 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/
|  |