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From: Daniel Phillips <phillips@google.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/9] deadlock prevention core
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 18:35:42 -0700
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To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Hi Dave,

David Miller wrote:
> I think the new atomic operation that will seemingly occur on every
> device SKB free is unacceptable.

Alternate suggestion?

> You also cannot modify netdev->flags in the lockless manner in which
> you do, it must be done with the appropriate locking, such as holding
> the RTNL semaphore.

Thanks for the catch.

Regards,

Daniel