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From: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6 2/5]: refcount qdisc->dev
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 09:36:04 -0700
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On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 17:22:36 +0200
Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> wrote:

> This patch adds refcounting for qdisc->dev to avoid accessing freed memory
> from the __qdisc_destroy rcu-callback when the device is unregistered. 
> Without
> refcounting netdev_wait_allrefs could free the device before __qdisc_destroy
> is done.

We do need this.  Applied, thanks Patrick.