netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: remove the unnecessary list

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Date:	Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:39:31 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	gaofeng@...fujitsu.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: remove the unnecessary list_del

From: Gao feng <gaofeng@...fujitsu.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:03:04 +0800

> On 2013/02/25 12:54, David Miller wrote:
>> From: Gao feng <gaofeng@...fujitsu.com>
>> Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:41:56 +0800
>> 
>>> These lists are used by unregister_netdevice_many,
>>> they are local variables,will not be seen by others.
>>> there is no need to delete them.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Gao feng <gaofeng@...fujitsu.com>
>> 
>> What about the devices on the list?  The ones at the front and the
>> rear of the list will have list pointers that point into no longer
>> valid stack frame locations.
> 
> These lists are only used by unregister_netdevice_many,
> we don't access these lists again after unregister_netdevice_many,
> so I think it doesn't have invalid stack frame locations problems.

I do not see unregister_netdevice_many() list_del()'ing the devices
on the list, therefore those netdevice objects have pointers into
the stale stack frame.

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