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

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Date:	Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:10:23 +0200
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][NET_SCHED] sch_sfq: use del_timer_sync() in	sfq_destroy()

Jarek Poplawski wrote:
> 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?
My point was that it might sleep and can thus not be called
in atomic context. This was a misunderstanding on my side
though and your patch is fine.


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