Re: [PATCH] pkt_sched: Fix qdisc_watchdog() vs. dev_deactivate() race
From: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date: 2008-08-20 12:16:28
From: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date: 2008-08-20 12:16:28
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 11:56:56AM +0000, Jarek Poplawski wrote:
pkt_sched: Fix qdisc_watchdog() vs. dev_deactivate() race dev_deactivate() can skip rescheduling of a qdisc by qdisc_watchdog() or other timer calling netif_schedule() after dev_queue_deactivate(). We prevent this checking aliveness before scheduling the timer. With feedback from Herbert Xu [off-list ref] Signed-off-by: Jarek Poplawski <redacted>
Looks good to me. Acked-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Thanks, -- Visit Openswan at http://www.openswan.org/ Email: Herbert Xu ~{PmV>HI~} [off-list ref] Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt