netdev - Re: [PATCH 32/33] sfc: Fix synchronisation of efx_mtd

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Message-Id: <20081212.220947.90741433.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:09:47 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	bhutchings@...arflare.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 32/33] sfc: Fix synchronisation of
 efx_mtd_{probe,rename,remove}

From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:00:51 +0000

> Currently efx_mtd_rename() can race with the probe() and remove()
> functions.
> 
> Move probe() before device registration and remove() after
> unregistration.  Move initialisation/update of all names based on the
> netdev name into a new function and call it under the RTNL immediately
> after registration.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>

Applied.
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