From: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@dev.6wind.com>
To: netdev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: dev_change_net_namespace() and synchronize_net()
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:23:11 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <497EE08F.5050704@dev.6wind.com> (raw)
Hi folks,
I'm asking me philosophical questions about synchronize_net(). In my
understanding, it is used to ensure that processing of current packets are finished.
In function dev_change_net_namespace(), synchronize_net() is called twice:
One time, between dev_close() and dev_shutdown(). I don't understand why it's
needed here:
- if interface is down, no packet can be processed by it
- if interface is up, dev_close() will call dev_deactivate() which will call
synchronize_rcu() (equivalent to synchronize_net()).
Second time, synchronize_net() is called just before exiting. Is it really
necessary?
Thank you for your answers,
Nicolas
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