Thread (17 messages) 17 messages, 4 authors, 2008-06-27

Re: [PATCH 1/4] Added ASSERT_RTNL() to dev_open() and dev_close().

From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2008-05-08 09:53:34 

From: Ben Hutchings <redacted>
Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 19:34:06 +0100

dev_open() and dev_close() must be called holding the RTNL, since they
call device functions and netdevice notifiers that are promised the RTNL.

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <redacted>
Applied, thanks Ben.
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