Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262589AbTFGGsw (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Jun 2003 02:48:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262593AbTFGGsw (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Jun 2003 02:48:52 -0400 Received: from pizda.ninka.net ([216.101.162.242]:12931 "EHLO pizda.ninka.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262589AbTFGGsv (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Jun 2003 02:48:51 -0400 Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 23:59:46 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20030606.235946.59661586.davem@redhat.com> To: chas@cmf.nrl.navy.mil Cc: wa@almesberger.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH][ATM] use rtnl_{lock,unlock} during device operations (take 2) From: "David S. Miller" In-Reply-To: <200306070047.h570lfsG003377@ginger.cmf.nrl.navy.mil> References: <20030606210620.G3232@almesberger.net> <200306070047.h570lfsG003377@ginger.cmf.nrl.navy.mil> X-FalunGong: Information control. X-Mailer: Mew version 2.1 on Emacs 21.1 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 654 Lines: 19 From: chas williams Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 20:45:51 -0400 really? if i remove my ethernet interface i expect all the connections to die. Nope, this actually works. Many a moon ago, we did this wrong and yes the TCP connections died. But these days, definitely if you bring the interface back up with the same IP addresses, it just works and the connections recover. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/