netdev - Re: [patch 2/4] net: use mutex_is_locked() for ASSERT

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Message-ID: <20071214124647.GB17898@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:46:47 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, davem@...emloft.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 2/4] net: use mutex_is_locked() for ASSERT_RTNL()

On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 01:37:40PM +0100, Johannes Berg wrote:
> 
> I agree with this. IIRC I removed some ASSERT_RTNL()s in the wireless
> code (or maybe it was only during testing patches) where we had a
> function that required only the rtnl to be held but in certain contexts
> was called from within an RCU section.

Please point me to the actual code so I can see if this is legit
or not.

Thanks,
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