netdev - Re: [PATCH][GENETLINK]: Relax dances with genl

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Message-Id: <20080212.221644.107209578.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:16:44 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	xemul@...nvz.org
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][GENETLINK]: Relax dances with genl_lock.

From: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...nvz.org>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:16:13 +0300

> The genl_unregister_family() calls the genl_unregister_mc_groups(), 
> which takes and releases the genl_lock and then locks and releases
> this lock itself.
> 
> Relax this behavior, all the more so the genl_unregister_mc_groups() 
> is called from genl_unregister_family() only.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...nvz.org>

Ok, applied, thanks.
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