netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: vxlan: when lower dev unregisters remove vxlan dev as well

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Date:	Fri, 10 Jan 2014 11:12:33 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:	Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
Cc:	Cong Wang <cwang@...pensource.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: vxlan: when lower dev unregisters remove
 vxlan dev as well

On Fri, 10 Jan 2014 20:07:12 +0100
Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com> wrote:

> >> +       BUG_ON(!rtnl_is_locked());  
> >
> >
> > This is not necessary at all, it is known that netdev notication
> > holds rtnl lock.  
> 
> We're not in fast-path, and if someone would call that function outside
> of the notifier chain, it might be good to check if the lock was taken,
> but if there's a strong opinion to not have that, I'll just remove it

First, the standard way to do this is ASSERT_RTNL()

Second, it is unnecessary. The function is local, only called through
notifier and notifiers always have RTNL held.
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