netdev - Re: [PATCH net-2.6] net: restore the original spinlock to protect unicast list

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Message-ID: <Pine.SOC.4.64.0907301537280.15557@math.ut.ee>
Date:	Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:38:29 +0300 (EEST)
From:	Meelis Roos <mroos@...ux.ee>
To:	Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>
cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-2.6] net: restore the original spinlock to protect
 unicast list

> There is a path when an assetion in dev_unicast_sync() appears. 
> 
> igmp6_group_added -> dev_mc_add -> __dev_set_rx_mode ->
> -> vlan_dev_set_rx_mode -> dev_unicast_sync
> 
> Therefore we cannot protect this list with rtnl. This patch restores the
> original protecting this list with spinlock.

Thank you, it works for me!

Tested-by: Meelis Roos <mroos@...ux.ee>

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