Re: [patch 1/2] qeth: new qeth device driver

["Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

On Fri, Feb 08, 2008 at 03:10:00PM +0100, Frank.Blaschka@de.ibm.com wrote:
> From: Frank Blaschka <frank.blaschka@de.ibm.com>
> 
> List of major changes and improvements:
>  no manipulation of the global ARP constructor
>  clean code split into core, layer 2 and layer 3 functionality
>  better exploitation of the ethtool interface
>  better representation of the various hardware capabilities
>  fix packet socket support (tcpdump), no fake_ll required
>  osasnmpd notification via udev events
>  coding style and beautification

One question below...

> Signed-off-by: Frank Blaschka <frank.blaschka@de.ibm.com>
> ---

[ . . . ]

> +static void qeth_l3_vlan_rx_add_vid(struct net_device *dev, unsigned short vid)
> +{
> +	struct net_device *vlandev;
> +	struct qeth_card *card = (struct qeth_card *) dev->priv;
> +	struct in_device *in_dev;
> +
> +	if (card->info.type == QETH_CARD_TYPE_IQD)
> +		return;
> +
> +	vlandev = vlan_group_get_device(card->vlangrp, vid);
> +	vlandev->neigh_setup = qeth_l3_neigh_setup;
> +
> +	in_dev = __in_dev_get_rcu(vlandev);

Is this really in an RCU read-side critical section?  Or is this just
using common code?

						Thanx, Paul