Messages in this thread | | | From | Herbert Xu <> | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH] rcu in drivers/net/hamradio | Date | Sat, 15 Oct 2005 22:03:26 +1000 |
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Suzanne Wood <suzannew@cs.pdx.edu> wrote: > > (3) bpq_free_device() calls list_del_rcu() which, according > to list.h, requires synchronize_rcu() which can block or > call_rcu() or call_rcu_bh() which cannot block. > None of these is called anywhere in the directory drivers/net, > so synchronize_irq() may address this. > (synchronize_sched() is called in drivers/net/sis190.c and > r8169.c with FIXME comment about synchronize_irq().)
The synchronisation is carried out by unregister_netdevice.
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