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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.35-rc1] net-next: vmxnet3 fixes [4/5] Do not reset
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Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:32:10 -0700 (PDT)
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From: Shreyas Bhatewara <sbhatewara@vmware.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:20:52 -0700 (PDT)

> Is this what you suggest :
> 
> ---
> 
> Hold rtnl_lock to get the right link state.

It ought to work, but make sure that it is legal to take the
RTNL semaphore in all contexts in which this code block
might be called.