From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jarek Poplawski Subject: Re: netlink circular locking dependency Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:15:56 +0000 Message-ID: <20080618061556.GA4012@ff.dom.local> References: <20080617132410.GB4632@ff.dom.local> <4857BBB6.6010709@trash.net> <20080617134303.GC4632@ff.dom.local> <20080617.213012.132043917.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: kaber@trash.net, marcel@holtmann.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, mingo@elte.hu, tgraf@suug.ch To: David Miller Return-path: Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.173]:36740 "EHLO ug-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758356AbYFRGLl (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:11:41 -0400 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id h2so718044ugf.16 for ; Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:11:39 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080617.213012.132043917.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 09:30:12PM -0700, David Miller wrote: > From: Jarek Poplawski > Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:43:03 +0000 > > > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 03:27:18PM +0200, Patrick McHardy wrote: > > ... > > > I guess that might work. But simply using module references to > > > prevent the module from going away while the mutex is not held > > > doesn't appear to be more complicated. > > > > O.K. > > In the meantime should I apply Patrick's current patch > from this thread? > > If so I'd like a proper commit message and signoff, thanks! I hope this is a question "To:" Patrick... (I'm OK with any version of this patch as a temporary solution.) Regards, Jarek P.