netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] bonding: fix rtnl locking merge error

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Message-ID: <20071108174722.GB3011@havoc.gtf.org>
Date:	Thu, 8 Nov 2007 12:47:22 -0500
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, jgarzik@...ox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] bonding: fix rtnl locking merge error

On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 01:33:28PM -0800, Jay Vosburgh wrote:
> 	Looks like I incorrectly merged one of the rtnl lock changes,
> so that one function, bonding_show_active_slave, held rtnl but didn't
> release it, and another, bonding_store_active_slave, never held rtnl but
> did release it.
> 
> 	Fixed so the first function doesn't mess with rtnl, and the
> second correctly acquires and releases rtnl.
> 
> 	Bug reported by Moni Shoua <monis@...taire.com>
> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com>

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