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Re: request_module while holding rtnl semaphore

To: Thomas Graf <tgraf@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: request_module while holding rtnl semaphore
From: Patrick McHardy <kaber@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 02:10:41 +0100
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
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Thomas Graf wrote:

Sounds reasonable for the sch_api.c and cls_api.c case but
will get very nasty for act_api as you noted and any further sub
layers that might be added in the future. (The classifier I'm
working on is such a case.)

Can you please show an example of a case where this is needed ?
Just to help me understand.

Regards
Patrick


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