netdev - Re: [PATCH NEXT 1/3] netxen: protect device reset by rtnl

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Message-Id: <20091208.203832.236623008.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:38:32 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	amit.salecha@...gic.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, dhananjay.phadke@...gic.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH NEXT 1/3] netxen: protect device reset by rtnl_lock

From: Amit Kumar Salecha <amit.salecha@...gic.com>
Date: Sat,  5 Dec 2009 14:23:54 -0800

> o To prevent race conditions with other reset events.
>   During suspend/resume and firmware recovery, acquire rtnl_lock,
>   while changing interface state.
> 
> Acked-by: Dhananjay Phadke <dhananjay.phadke@...gic.com>
> Signed-off-by: Amit Kumar Salecha <amit.salecha@...gic.com>

Applied.
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