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From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/10] netdev: get rid of read_lock(&dev_base_lock)
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Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:24:42 -0800
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I was just trying to pick up the stragglers you left behind :-)

The nasty cases left are bonding (whose existing locking model is a pile
of crap), and sysfs (slightly less stinky). The bonding code just needs to
be rewritten to have a sane/simple model.