From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] net: emphasize rtnl lock required in call_netdevice_notifiers Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:45:56 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20100420.014556.24310877.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20100420083729.GA2810@psychotron.lab.eng.brq.redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@gmail.com To: jpirko@redhat.com Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:48399 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754047Ab0DTIpv (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Apr 2010 04:45:51 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20100420083729.GA2810@psychotron.lab.eng.brq.redhat.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Jiri Pirko Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:37:30 +0200 > Since netdev_chain is guarded by rtnl_lock, ASSERT_RTNL should be present here > to make sure that all callers of call_netdevice_notifiers does the locking > properly. > > Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko That seems right, applied, thanks Jiri!