netdev - Re: [PATCH] 8139cp: Prevent dev_close/cp

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Date:	Thu, 20 Dec 2012 08:55:40 -0500
From:	John Greene <jogreene@...hat.com>
To:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 8139cp: Prevent dev_close/cp_interrupt race on MTU change

On 12/19/2012 03:55 PM, David Woodhouse wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-12-19 at 12:40 -0800, David Miller wrote:
>> You sent this as a "request for testing" last week, but I saw
>> no testing on real hardware whatsoever.
>
> Thanks for the reminder :)
>
> Seems to work fine here. I haven't confirmed whether I actually see the
> race or not but changing MTU on a live device works fine, even when it's
> being ping-flooded.
>
> Tested-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@...el.com>
>
Thanks all. Happy holidays!

-- 
John Greene

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