Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 10 Jun 2003 01:34:19 +0200 (CEST) | From | Roman Zippel <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH][ATM] use rtnl_{lock,unlock} during device operations (take 2) |
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Hi,
On Mon, 9 Jun 2003, David S. Miller wrote:
> > netdev->dead = 1; > > netdev->op_this = NULL; > > netdev->op_that = NULL; > > netdev->op_whatever = NULL; > > synchronize_kernel(); > > That assumes of course that the functions don't sleep. > (RCU isn't really the answer to everything.) > > They hold references to the object, it doesn't matter if > they sleep.
That's not the point. You also have to wait for the already running operations to finish, before you can allow the module to unload.
bye, Roman
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