linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] net/bridge/br_if.c: don't use _WORK

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Date:	Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:15:46 +0000
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...pl>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] net/bridge/br_if.c: don't use _WORK_NAR 

Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru> wrote:

> Yes, destroy_nbp() does dev_put(dev). del_nbp() sets dev->br_port = NULL,
> port_carrier_check() goes to "done" in that case. So everething looks safe
> to me (but again, I do not even know what the "bridge" is :), so we should
> only take care about container, nothing more.

Sounds like a plan.

> I'll try to make a patch for illustration on evening.

:-)

David
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