| Date | Sun, 18 Mar 2007 22:25:59 +0200 | From | "Michael S. Tsirkin" <> | Subject | Re: dst_ifdown breaks infiniband? |
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> > Why is neighbour->dev changed here? > > It holds reference to device and prevents its destruction. > If dst is held somewhere, we cannot destroy the device and deadlock > while unregister.
BTW, can this ever happen for the loopback device itself? Is it ever unregistered?
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