netdev - Re: [PATCH net] packet: call fanout_release, while UNREGISTERING a netdev

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Date:   Thu, 02 Feb 2017 07:53:42 -0800
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     Anoob Soman <anoob.soman@...rix.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] packet: call fanout_release, while UNREGISTERING a
 netdev

On Thu, 2017-02-02 at 14:42 +0000, Anoob Soman wrote:

> 
> I have tested both the approaches and LOCKDEP doesn't seem to catch any
> problem with the test I was doing.

Yeah, I think I will cleanup this mess, we probably can remove rcu
locking in control path, and stick to a single mutex to reduce all this
lock complexity.

But that will be for net-next, while we need your fix for net tree.

Thanks.