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

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Date:	Sat, 15 Dec 2007 14:10:21 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	David Miller <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 09:44:18PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
>
> That sounds like a bug in mutex_trylock() to me.

I was relying on

	http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-netdev/2007/9/28/325129

which seems to be a bogus claim now that I actually look at the
source code.  So in that case I'm OK with your patch as long as
it warns about hard IRQ usage.

Thanks,
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