netdev - Re: dst_ifdown breaks infiniband?

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Message-ID: <20070318202559.GD11078@mellanox.co.il>
Date:	Sun, 18 Mar 2007 22:25:59 +0200
From:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@....mellanox.co.il>
To:	Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@....inr.ac.ru>
Cc:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@....mellanox.co.il>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, general@...ts.openfabrics.org,
	Roland Dreier <rolandd@...co.com>
Subject: Re: dst_ifdown breaks infiniband?

> > Why is neighbour->dev changed here?
> 
> It holds reference to device and prevents its destruction.
> If dst is held somewhere, we cannot destroy the device and deadlock
> while unregister.

BTW, can this ever happen for the loopback device itself?
Is it ever unregistered?

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MST
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