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From: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: Bug#251215: kernel-image-2.6.6-1-k7: pppd locks up, cannot be
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Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 12:51:53 -0700
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On Sat, 29 May 2004 22:00:52 +1000
Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> wrote:

> Here is a minimal fix for this problem.

Wouldn't it be easier just to move the "list_empty(&net_todo_list)"
check to be inside the net_todo_run_mutex semaphore?