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From: amine <amine@anevia.com>
Subject: Linux multicast support
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 17:05:47 +0200
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 Hi,
 I have a question about Multicast in Linux IP stack. I need to know why are 
 loking  the " dev->xmit_lock"   when mading change in  device multicast list?
 Is it required to suppress parallel execution of that handler and 
 set_multicast_list?
 Thank in advance

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EL HEDADI Amine
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