From: Werner Almesberger <wa@almesberger.net>
To: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
Cc: chas@cmf.nrl.navy.mil, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][ATM] use rtnl_{lock,unlock} during device operations (take 2)
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 12:26:16 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030606122616.B3232@almesberger.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030606.081618.108808702.davem@redhat.com>; from davem@redhat.com on Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 08:16:18AM -0700
David S. Miller wrote:
> But regardless I should be able to yank an ATM device out of the
> kernel (unregistering it) even if there are a thousand VCC's attached
> to it.
Why ? A VCC is more like a network interface than a TCP
connection.
Worse yet, if you remove the device, it's unlikely that you
can use a new one with the same physical interface before
all the old VCCs are gone. (I.e. you almost always have
things on well-known VCCs, which are associated with physical
devices.)
Removing an ATM device while there are open VCCs isn't a lot
more useful than removing a telephone while there is still a
call in progress :-)
- Werner
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Thread overview: 74+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-06-05 15:28 [PATCH][ATM] use rtnl_{lock,unlock} during device operations (take 2) chas williams
2003-06-06 9:36 ` David S. Miller
2003-06-06 10:58 ` chas williams
2003-06-06 11:04 ` David S. Miller
2003-06-06 13:57 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-06-06 14:07 ` David S. Miller
2003-06-06 15:13 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-06-06 15:16 ` David S. Miller
2003-06-06 15:26 ` Werner Almesberger [this message]
2003-06-06 15:28 ` David S. Miller
2003-06-06 15:54 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-06-06 15:55 ` David S. Miller
2003-06-06 16:40 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-06-06 21:54 ` Mitchell Blank Jr
2003-06-06 23:19 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-06-06 23:44 ` Mitchell Blank Jr
2003-06-07 0:44 ` chas williams
2003-06-07 0:59 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-06-07 11:10 ` chas williams
2003-06-06 23:37 ` chas williams
2003-06-17 17:52 ` chas williams
2003-06-17 17:53 ` David S. Miller
2003-06-06 21:43 ` Mitchell Blank Jr
2003-06-06 22:56 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-06-06 23:52 ` chas williams
2003-06-07 0:20 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-06-07 0:51 ` chas williams
2003-06-07 1:12 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-06-07 6:58 ` David S. Miller
2003-06-07 19:01 ` Roman Zippel
2003-06-08 6:57 ` David S. Miller
2003-06-08 22:32 ` Roman Zippel
2003-06-09 5:35 ` David S. Miller
2003-06-09 22:59 ` Roman Zippel
2003-06-09 23:00 ` David S. Miller
2003-06-09 23:14 ` Roman Zippel
2003-06-09 23:14 ` David S. Miller
2003-06-09 23:34 ` Roman Zippel
2003-06-09 23:39 ` David S. Miller
2003-06-10 18:27 ` Roman Zippel
2003-06-08 3:45 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-06-08 6:43 ` David S. Miller
2003-06-10 21:34 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-06-10 22:16 ` David S. Miller
2003-06-06 23:58 ` chas williams
2003-06-07 0:06 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-06-07 0:45 ` chas williams
2003-06-07 0:56 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-06-07 6:59 ` David S. Miller
2003-06-07 18:18 ` Ryan Anderson
2003-06-07 11:19 ` James Stevenson
2003-06-07 11:19 ` chas williams
2003-06-07 15:36 ` James Stevenson
2003-06-07 16:03 ` Mr. James W. Laferriere
2003-06-07 6:53 ` David S. Miller
2003-06-08 3:31 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-06-06 23:55 ` chas williams
2003-06-07 0:10 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-06-07 0:56 ` chas williams
2003-06-07 1:11 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-06-07 3:48 ` chas williams
2003-06-09 13:37 ` Duncan Sands
2003-06-09 13:38 ` David S. Miller
2003-06-09 13:58 ` chas williams
2003-06-09 14:00 ` David S. Miller
2003-06-09 14:54 ` chas williams
2003-06-09 14:57 ` David S. Miller
2003-06-07 7:02 ` David S. Miller
2003-06-08 4:05 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-06-07 11:06 ` chas williams
2003-06-06 15:05 ` chas williams
2003-06-06 15:08 ` David S. Miller
2003-06-06 17:03 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-06-06 11:25 ` David Anderson
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