Messages in this thread | | | From | kuznet@ms2 ... | Subject | Re: [PATCH] [1/2] kernel error reporting (revised) | Date | Wed, 16 Jul 2003 03:10:47 +0400 (MSD) |
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Hello!
> netlink_broadcast() does read_lock(&nl_table_lock). But nl_table_lock is > not an irq-safe lock.
Just as reminder, there are _no_ irq safe locks in net/*. A few of local_irq_disable()s are segregated in interface to device drivers.
> Possibly netlink_broadcast() can be made callable from hardirq context, but > it looks to be non trivial.
Trivial or non-trivial, before all this is highly not desired. net/* is better to remain in the form free of knowledge of hardirqs.
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