netdev - Re: [PATCH] Phonet: improve GPRS variable names

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Message-Id: <200812101514.56827.remi.denis-courmont@nokia.com>
Date:	Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:14:56 +0200
From:	"Rémi Denis-Courmont" 
	<remi.denis-courmont@...ia.com>
To:	"ext David Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Phonet: improve GPRS variable names

On Wednesday 10 December 2008 01:29:11 ext David Miller, you wrote:
> From: Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi.denis-courmont@...ia.com>
> Date: Tue,  9 Dec 2008 09:45:59 +0200
>
> > Signed-off-by: Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi.denis-courmont@...ia.com>
>
> Since this depends upon the buggy refcount change, I'm
> tossing this and will wait for an updated version once
> everything is sorted out.

Unfortunately, I don't think there is a way around this dependency.

I believe there is a -theoretical- race condition between the deferred work, 
and the device unregistering, but I could not produce it this far. The fixed 
patches follow.

-- 
Rémi Denis-Courmont
Maemo Software, Nokia Devices R&D
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