| To: | Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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| Subject: | Re: [PATCH] Move inetdev/ifa over to RCU |
| From: | "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Sun, 15 Aug 2004 19:58:20 -0700 |
| Cc: | shemminger@xxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx |
| In-reply-to: | <20040814003428.GA17760@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 10:34:28 +1000
Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> BTW, it looks like you can remove inetdev_lock altogether. All its
> users already assume that they don't race against each other by
> taking the rtnl lock.
I think it's needed at least for the:
dev->ip_ptr = idev;
in_dev_get(idev);
thing, isn't it?
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