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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pktgen: fix crash at module unload
Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 23:12:20 -0400 (EDT)
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From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 01:29:51 +0200

> [PATCH v2] pktgen: fix crash at module unload
> 
> commit 7d3d43dab4e9 (net: In unregister_netdevice_notifier unregister
> the netdevices.) makes pktgen crashing at module unload.
...
> Hold the pktgen_thread_lock while splicing pktgen_threads, and test
> pktgen_exiting in pktgen_device_event() to make unload faster.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
> Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable.