netdev - [PATCH net-next-2.6] net: emphasize rtnl lock required in call_netdevice

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Date:	Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:37:30 +0200
From:	Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: [PATCH net-next-2.6] net: emphasize rtnl lock required in
 call_netdevice_notifiers

Since netdev_chain is guarded by rtnl_lock, ASSERT_RTNL should be present here
to make sure that all callers of call_netdevice_notifiers does the locking
properly.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 05a2b29..a7f13a5 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1435,6 +1435,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_netdevice_notifier);
 
 int call_netdevice_notifiers(unsigned long val, struct net_device *dev)
 {
+	ASSERT_RTNL();
 	return raw_notifier_call_chain(&netdev_chain, val, dev);
 }
 
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