Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 09 Jun 2003 16:14:35 -0700 (PDT) | Subject | Re: [PATCH][ATM] use rtnl_{lock,unlock} during device operations (take 2) | From | "David S. Miller" <> |
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From: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 01:14:56 +0200 (CEST)
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. Forget the "netdev->dead" line, it isn't necessary. - 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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