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DateSat, 07 Jun 2003 23:57:06 -0700 (PDT)
SubjectRe: [PATCH][ATM] use rtnl_{lock,unlock} during device operations (take 2)
From"David S. Miller" <>
   From: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
   Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 21:01:54 +0200 (CEST)

   The basic problem is still that module_exit is a synchronous interface, 
   from where you can't call any asynchronous functions, unless you prevent 
   new callbacks via try_module_get() or you have to wait for all pending 
   events.

We don't use module refcounts at all anymore for netdev objects.
That's the whole key.

Module refcounts are spurious when a subsystem does it's own sane
accounting and uses strictly dynamically allocated objects.
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