netdev - Re: [PATCH][NET_SCHED] sch_sfq: use del_timer_sync() in sfq

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Message-ID: <20080427190044.GA7747@ami.dom.local>
Date:	Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:00:44 +0200
From:	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>
To:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][NET_SCHED] sch_sfq: use del_timer_sync() in
	sfq_destroy()

On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 08:24:34PM +0200, Patrick McHardy wrote:
> Jarek Poplawski wrote:
>> [NET_SCHED] sch_sfq: use del_timer_sync() in sfq_destroy()
>>
>> Let's delete timer reliably in sfq_destroy().
>
> This is broken, we hold dev->queue_lock in ->destroy.
>

But sfq timer (sfq_perturbation()) doesn't use this timer...
Could you explain your point more?

Thanks,
Jarek P.
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