Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754323AbaDONBR (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Apr 2014 09:01:17 -0400 Received: from g4t3427.houston.hp.com ([15.201.208.55]:43172 "EHLO g4t3427.houston.hp.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750790AbaDONBO (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Apr 2014 09:01:14 -0400 From: "Li, Zhen-Hua" To: Sathya Perla CC: Subramanian Seetharaman , Ajit Khaparde , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] driver/net: add missing rtnl lock/unlock for benet Thread-Topic: [PATCH 1/1] driver/net: add missing rtnl lock/unlock for benet Thread-Index: AQHPWHZzB4ZhiqSvOE2g6A6YjGbZ5psSUqiAgAAPNACAADEFgIAAEWW/ Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 12:59:56 +0000 Message-ID: <1249C41B-D72F-40C8-A8F1-D135D02A1511@hp.com> References: <1397544352-28841-1-git-send-email-zhen-hual@hp.com> <534CF596.3010609@hp.com>,<069bdb52-6176-407a-b7fc-3f23a944a529@CMEXHTCAS2.ad.emulex.com> In-Reply-To: <069bdb52-6176-407a-b7fc-3f23a944a529@CMEXHTCAS2.ad.emulex.com> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: zh-CN X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="gb2312" MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from base64 to 8bit by mail.home.local id s3FD1Sbv027239 Yes, that's ok for me. ?????ҵ? iPhone ?? 2014??4??15?գ?????7:57??"Sathya Perla" д???? >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Li, ZhenHua [mailto:zhen-hual@hp.com] >> >> Because netif_running() is called in netif_device_detach and >> netif_device_attach. To avoid dev status changed while >> netif_device_detach/attach is not finished, I think a rtnl_lock and >> unlock should be called to avoid this. > > Ok. I'd like to then factor the code slightly differently by using > routines like this: > > be_close_sync() { > rtnl_lock(); > > netif_device_detach(netdev); > if (netif_running(netdev)) > be_close(netdev); > > rtnl_unlock(); > } > > and similarly for be_open_sync() > > And, I'd need some time to test these flows too. > Would you be OK with this? > > thanks, > -Sathya ????{.n?+???????+%?????ݶ??w??{.n?+????{??G?????{ay?ʇڙ?,j??f???h?????????z_??(?階?ݢj"???m??????G????????????&???~???iO???z??v?^?m???? ????????I?