Re: [PATCH 2.5.70+] tun using alloc_netdev

[Max Krasnyansky <maxk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 01:27 PM 6/11/2003, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
>On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 15:43:18 -0400
>Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> > 
>> > This is wrong. register_netdevice() does not expand name (ie %d stuff).
>> > So dev_alloc_name() is still needed. i.e.
>> 
>> Correct.
>> 
>> But, register_netdev() is preferred precisely for this reason.
>> 
>
>Not possible in this case because device is created off socket ioctl so it is
>called with rtnl_lock
Yep. But not because it's created from socket ioctl. Because it has to guaranty 
atomicity.

Max