netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2] RTNL and flush_scheduled

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Date:	Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:18:28 +0100
From:	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...pl>
To:	Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
Cc:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Kyle Lucke <klucke@...ibm.com>,
	Raghavendra Koushik <raghavendra.koushik@...erion.com>,
	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] RTNL and flush_scheduled_work deadlocks

On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 07:55:48AM +0100, Jarek Poplawski wrote:
...
> So to use this we only need such changes:
> 
>  ... some_delayed_work_func(...)
>  {
> 	...
> -	rtnl_lock();
> +	rtnl_lock_work();
> 	...
> -	rtnl_unlock();
> +	rtnl_unlock_work();
>  }
> 
>  ... some_delayed_work_func(...)

Sorry! Of course:

  ... some_closing_with_flush_func(...)
>  {
> 	...
> +	rtnl_set_flush();
> 	flush_scheduled_work;
> 	/* or cancel_rearming_delayed_work(...); etc. */
> +	rtnl_unset_flush();
>  }

Jarek P.
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