netdev - Re: [PATCN net-next-2.6] net: dev_add_pack() & __dev_remove

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Date:	Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:12:30 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCN net-next-2.6] net: dev_add_pack() & __dev_remove_pack()
 changes

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:53:46 +0200

> Add a small helper ptype_head() to get the head to manipulate
> 
> dev_add_pack() & __dev_remove_pack() can use a spinlock without
> blocking BH, since softirq use RCU, and these functions are run from
> process context only.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

Looks good, applied, thanks Eric.
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