Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 8 Jun 2003 01:05:15 -0300 | From | Werner Almesberger <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH][ATM] use rtnl_{lock,unlock} during device operations (take 2) |
| |
David S. Miller wrote: > So we return long before all references go away, and the final > netdevice reference put does the de-allocation of the netdevice > struct. > > Totally asynchronous, and it just works.
Hmm, don't you also need the condition that, after initiating removal, only operations should succeed that generally work towards eliminating references ? Otherwise, you could just put a synchronous layer underneath net devices, and play pretend.
- Werner
-- _________________________________________________________________________ / Werner Almesberger, Buenos Aires, Argentina wa@almesberger.net / /_http://www.almesberger.net/____________________________________________/ - 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/
| |