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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.0.999.0709022003110.7103@sheep.housecafe.de>
Date:	Sun, 2 Sep 2007 20:04:09 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Christian Kujau <lists@...dbynature.de>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	Christian Kujau <lists@...dbynature.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	johannes@...solutions.net
Subject: Re: RTNL: assertion failed at net/core/dev.c

On Sun, 2 Sep 2007, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> Vendor module calls kernel api incorrectly. dev_set_promiscuity requires
> that the calling thread hold rtnl mutex (ie call rtnl_lock). It's their bug,
> netdev doesn't want to hear about it.

OK, that's all I needed to know. Thank you both for your comments!

Christian.
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