From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [PATCH] (0/9) free_netdev -- delay freeing of net_device structure till after last use Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 16:44:27 -0400 Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Message-ID: <3F428C2B.9070809@pobox.com> References: <20030819121800.009db89b.shemminger@osdl.org> <20030819124818.476dc36d.davem@redhat.com> <3F42877B.9040407@pobox.com> <20030819132432.4c601c5f.davem@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: shemminger@osdl.org, netdev@oss.sgi.com, mochel@osdl.org Return-path: To: "David S. Miller" In-Reply-To: <20030819132432.4c601c5f.davem@redhat.com> Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org David S. Miller wrote: > On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 16:24:27 -0400 > Jeff Garzik wrote: > > >>Also, my tendency is to apply patches 1-8, and not apply patch 9 just >>yet. Even though patch 9 is a fix, those specific areas of code, I'm >>betting, will change when those drivers are fixed WRT full dynamic >>allocation and refcounting. >> >>Comments? > > > I disagree about patch 9. > > These drivers already dynamically allocate their netdev > structs, so they do not require any more fixing. I just > double checked each driver changes in patch 9 and to me > this is undoubtedly the case. > > These are just pure bug fixes. Ok with me, then. Jeff