linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: In unregister_netdevice

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Message-ID: <m18vhz6uyz.fsf@fess.ebiederm.org>
Date:	Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:03:00 -0700
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	eric.dumazet@...il.com, ericvh@...il.com, davej@...hat.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	levinsasha928@...il.com, remi.denis-courmont@...ia.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: In unregister_netdevice_notifier unregister the netdevices.

David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> writes:

> From: ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
> Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2012 18:33:35 -0700
>
>>>>From a51fda849355b2ffb27cdb5d66fa1a96e7f47335 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
>> Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2011 19:39:52 -0800
>> Subject: 
>
> Yikes, I had to edit this turd out :-)  Otherwise with this empty
> Subject, GIT uses the first line of your commit log body as the
> first line.

Ugh.  I usually do.  I think I was tired that day.

>> We already synthesize events in register_netdevice_notifier and synthesizing
>> events in unregister_netdevice_notifier allows to us remove the need for
>> special case cleanup code.
>> 
>> This change should be safe as it adds no new cases for existing callers
>> of unregiser_netdevice_notifier to handle.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
>
> Applied.

Thanks,

Eric

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