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SubjectRE: catch 22 - porting net driver from 2.2 to 2.4
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So how come I get the "RTNL: assertion failed at
devinet.c(775):inetdev_event" when I call register_netdevice without
rtnl_lock/unlock ?
could it be a 2.4.0-test9 thing ? (haven't used test10 or 11 yet).

and what about rmmod causing the panic when I use unregister_netdev or never
completing the operation when I use unregister_netdevice ?
does module_exit run inside rtnl_lock too ?


Shmulik.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Garzik [mailto:jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 7:37 PM
To: Hen, Shmulik
Cc: 'LNML'; 'LKML'; netdev@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: catch 22 - porting net driver from 2.2 to 2.4


do_ioctl is inside rtnl_lock...

Remember if you need to alter the rules, you can always queue work in
the current context, and have a kernel thread handle the work. The nice
thing about a kernel thread is that you start with a [almost] clean
state, when it comes to locks.

Jeff


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