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From: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.5.69] Don't use destructor in bridge
Date: Fri, 09 May 2003 21:34:53 -0700 (PDT)
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   From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
   Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 13:15:15 -0700

   This patch changes the Ethernet bridge back to the original way
   without having a destructor function.  This is done so the route
   cache side effect code doesn't hold onto a reference to the device.

If destructors are racy and do not work, we don't fix this
by removing destructors from netdevice drivers.

I do not accept this patch.  We must fix the core problem.

And your patch even creates a new problem.  Remember how Alexey
mentioned that that spinning/sleeping loop in unregister_netdevice()
is deadlock prone and basically illegal itself.