Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH][ATM] use rtnl_{lock,unlock} during device operations (take 2) | Date | Fri, 06 Jun 2003 20:51:23 -0400 | From | chas williams <> |
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In message <20030606212026.I3232@almesberger.net>,Werner Almesberger writes: >The only thing that worries me in all this is Dave's request to >make device destruction asynchronous, because of the complexity >this is likely to add, for, IMHO, little or no gain.
but its actually pretty easy to do. its similar to atmsigd exiting. all the vcc's (on that device) would be purged and eventually close allowing the atm device to be removed from the kernel. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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