Re: [PATCH] (1/5) get rid of useless hashbin in irtty

On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 10:48:28 +0200 (CEST)
Martin Diehl [off-list ref] wrote:

So the question arises what to do if 
some stack (say irda ;-) *wants* to lock the driver providing the netdev 
while registered?

You can't, you have to interlock with netdevice removal
and also capture NETDEV_GOING_DOWN events to properly
handle when netdevices disappear.