netdev - Re: [RTNETLINK 03/04]: rtnl

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Date:	Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:42:47 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	kaber@...sh.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, greearb@...delatech.com, xemul@...nvz.org
Subject: Re: [RTNETLINK 03/04]: rtnl_link API simplification

From: Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:38:17 +0200 (MEST)

> [RTNETLINK]: rtnl_link API simplification
> 
> All drivers need to unregister their devices in the module unload function.
> While doing so they must hold the rtnl and atomically unregister the
> rtnl_link ops as well. This makes the rtnl_link_unregister function that
> takes the rtnl itself completely useless.
> 
> Provide default newlink/dellink functions, make __rtnl_link_unregister and
> rtnl_link_unregister unregister all devices with matching rtnl_link_ops and
> change the existing users to take advantage of that.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>

Applied.
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