netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/4] Added ASSERT_RTNL() to dev_open() and dev

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Date:	Thu, 08 May 2008 02:53:28 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	bhutchings@...arflare.com
Cc:	jgarzik@...ox.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] Added ASSERT_RTNL() to dev_open() and dev_close().

From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 19:34:06 +0100

> dev_open() and dev_close() must be called holding the RTNL, since they
> call device functions and netdevice notifiers that are promised the RTNL.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>

Applied, thanks Ben.
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