Re: neigh_create/inetdev_destroy race?

[Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 10:21:18PM -0700, David S. Miller wrote:
> 
> So here's the first step.  No rcu_read_lock()'s are needed
> since the tbl->lock needs to be held as a write when
> traversing these things anyways for other reasons.

Thanks.

> Can you work on the next bit you mentioned, making
> sure the corresponding idev is still alive when we add
> a neighbour with its neigh_parms to the hash table?

Sure.  Actually I prefer to do it by ref counting neigh_parms directly.
I'll send you a patch soon.

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