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From: Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com>
To: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Cc: backports@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] backport: handle change in netdevice destructor usage
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 15:25:42 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5d265e01-bd12-801b-b604-ef7107e9373c@broadcom.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1497387587.6068.15.camel@sipsolutions.net>

On 13-06-17 22:59, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Mon, 2017-06-12 at 10:06 +0100, Arend van Spriel wrote:
>> This patch deals with changes made in struct net_device by commit
>> cf124db566e6 ("net: Fix inconsistent teardown and release of private
>> netdev state."). This only looks for instances that need
>> free_netdev() call, ie. struct net_device::needs_free_netdev == true.
> 
> Come to think of it, isn't this missing the part where we now call
> priv_destructor when registering fails or something?

Ah. I should have studied the patch better to see what behavioral
changes the commit imposed. So are you still considering the patch
despite the likely backport of commit cf124db566e6. I can do my homework
better and resubmit if needed.

Regards,
Arend
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Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-06-12  9:06 [PATCH] backport: handle change in netdevice destructor usage Arend van Spriel
2017-06-12  9:11 ` Johannes Berg
2017-06-12  9:15   ` Arend van Spriel
2017-06-12  9:22     ` Johannes Berg
2017-06-13 20:59 ` Johannes Berg
2017-06-14 13:25   ` Arend van Spriel [this message]
2017-06-14 13:26     ` Johannes Berg
2017-06-14 17:28       ` Arend van Spriel
2017-06-14 20:22         ` Johannes Berg

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