netdev - Re: BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#0! (2.6.18.2 plus hacks)

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Date:	Fri, 5 Jan 2007 20:38:47 +1100
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...pl>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, dlstevens@...ibm.com,
	greearb@...delatech.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#0! (2.6.18.2 plus hacks)

On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 07:38:44AM +0100, Jarek Poplawski wrote:
> 
> I'd only suggest to change "goto out;" to
> "return NULL;" at the end of inetdev_init because
> now RCU is engaged unnecessarily.

I agree.  The RCU assignment should come before the out label.
Can you send a patch?

Thanks,
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