Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:16:10 -0700 (PDT) | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2.6.35-rc1] net-next: vmxnet3 fixes [4/5] Do not reset when the device is not opened | From | David Miller <> |
| |
From: Shreyas Bhatewara <sbhatewara@vmware.com> Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:02:13 -0700 (PDT)
> Hold rtnl_lock to get the right link state. > > While asynchronously resetting the device, hold rtnl_lock to get the > right value from netif_running. If a reset is scheduled, and the device > goes thru close and open, it may happen that reset and open may run in > parallel. Holding rtnl_lock will avoid this. > > Signed-off-by: Shreyas Bhatewara <sbhatewara@vmware.com>
Applied.
| |