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Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:36:06 +0100 From: Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net> To: Patrick Mullaney <pmullaney@...ell.com> CC: alacrityvm-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, arnd@...db.de, bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org, evb@...oogroups.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] venet-macvlan: add new driver to connect a venet to a macvlan netdevice Patrick Mullaney wrote: > This driver implements a macvlan device as a venet device that can > be connected to vbus. Since it is a macvlan device, it provides > a more direct path to the underlying adapter by avoiding the > bridge. > --- /dev/null > +++ b/kernel/vbus/devices/venet/macvlan.c > ... > +struct venetmacv { > + struct macvlan_dev mdev; > + unsigned char ll_ifname[IFNAMSIZ]; > + struct venetdev dev; > + const struct net_device_ops *macvlan_netdev_ops; > +}; macvlan might destroy the device below you when the underlying device is unregistered. You need to handle this by releasing the venetmacv device. Check out the NETDEV_UNREGISTER case in macvlan_device_event(). -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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