From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>
To: "Hen, Shmulik" <shmulik.hen@intel.com>
Cc: "'LNML'" <linux-net@vger.kernel.org>,
"'LKML'" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
netdev@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: catch 22 - porting net driver from 2.2 to 2.4
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 12:37:21 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3A0AE0D1.FB12725A@mandrakesoft.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <07E6E3B8C072D211AC4100A0C9C5758302B2708C@hasmsx52.iil.intel.com>
do_ioctl is inside rtnl_lock...
Remember if you need to alter the rules, you can always queue work in
the current context, and have a kernel thread handle the work. The nice
thing about a kernel thread is that you start with a [almost] clean
state, when it comes to locks.
Jeff
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2000-11-09 17:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-11-09 17:26 catch 22 - porting net driver from 2.2 to 2.4 Hen, Shmulik
2000-11-09 17:37 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2000-11-10 0:09 ` Olaf Titz
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2000-11-12 11:40 Hen, Shmulik
2000-11-12 12:20 ` Jeff Garzik
2000-11-12 11:48 Hen, Shmulik
2000-11-12 12:17 ` Jeff Garzik
2000-11-13 8:18 Hen, Shmulik
2000-11-13 17:09 Hen, Shmulik
2000-11-20 16:13 Hen, Shmulik
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