linux-kernel - Re: NET: ASSERT_RTNL in __dev_set

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Date:	Wed, 5 Dec 2007 07:25:41 +0100
From:	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...pl>
To:	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>
Cc:	Joonwoo Park <joonwpark81@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	'Linux Kernel Mailing List' <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: NET: ASSERT_RTNL in __dev_set_promiscuity makes debug warning

On 04-12-2007 23:26, Jarek Poplawski wrote:
...
> But, IMHO, blowing ASSERT_RTNL up in a few places shouldn't be much
> worse. After all, how long such a debugging code should be kept. It
> seems, at least sometimes we should be a bit more confident of how
> it's called.

I see this won't be done this way, but, if it were, then there is no
reason to remove the second: documenting feature of ASSERT_RTNL, so
some comment about locking should be added.

Jarek P.
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