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    SubjectRe: [RFC] [patch 2/6] [Network namespace] Network device sharing by view
    On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 11:02:04PM +0200, dlezcano@fr.ibm.com wrote:

    > + read_lock(&dev_base_lock);
    > +
    > + for (dev = dev_base; dev; dev = dev->next)
    > + if (!strncmp(dev->name, devname, IFNAMSIZ))
    > + break;
    > +
    > + if (!dev) {
    > + ret = -ENODEV;
    > + goto out;
    > + }
    > +
    > + db = kmalloc(sizeof(*db), GFP_KERNEL);

    deadlock.


    Besides, holding references to net_device from userland is Not Good(tm).
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