netdev - Re: [PATCH] pkt_sched: Destroy gen estimators under rtnl

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Message-ID: <20080821125118.GA8988@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:51:18 +1000
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	denys@...p.net.lb
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pkt_sched: Destroy gen estimators under rtnl_lock().

On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 12:49:36PM +0000, Jarek Poplawski wrote:
>
> I don't think there could be such a problem, since nobody should look
> for such a destroyed qdisc: they look for their ancestors only.
> Anyway, I can't do this patch before evening, so I wait for
> suggestions or you could simply do it as you wish, no problem.

It's not about looking for the destroyed qdisc, it's about walking
the list and accidentally hitting the destroyed qdisc and wandering
into lalaland.

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