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

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Message-Id: <1197636897.16079.53.camel@johannes.berg>
Date:	Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:54:57 +0100
From:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
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()


> > 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.

I don't think I have that case any more since now my interface list is
either protected by RCU or the rtnl.

johannes

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