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From: Francois Romieu <romieu@fr.zoreil.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] 8139too: RTNL and flush_scheduled_work deadlock
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 21:54:01 +0100
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Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org> :
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> You need to hold a dev reference (dev_hold) as well. to keep the device
> from disappearing. or do a flush_scheduled_work in the remove routine.

The patched drivers do #2 (before unregister_netdev).

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Ueimor