Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: race condition when removing virtual net_device
From: Francesco Ruggeri <hidden>
Date: 2013-09-12 22:02:22
Possibly related (same subject, not in this thread)
- 2013-09-10 · Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: race condition when removing virtual net_device · Francesco Ruggeri <hidden>
- 2013-09-10 · Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: race condition when removing virtual net_device · Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
- 2013-09-09 · [PATCH 1/1] net: race condition when removing virtual net_device · Francesco Ruggeri <hidden>
On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 2:48 PM, Francesco Ruggeri [off-list ref] wrote:
On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 1:06 PM, Eric W. Biederman [off-list ref] wrote:quoted
Francesco Ruggeri [off-list ref] writes:
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netdev_run_todo. This guarantees that no deadlocks are introduced, since the relative order of net_devices within each namespace is preserved, and only non-loopback_devs take and release the extra reference.
I should have said "since in net_todo_list the relative order of net_devices within each namespace is the same as before, ...". Sorry for any confusion. Francesco