netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/3 v4] macvtap driver

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Date:	Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:50:14 +0100
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Ed Swierk <eswierk@...stanetworks.com>
Cc:	Sridhar Samudrala <sri@...ibm.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3 v4] macvtap driver

On Tuesday 09 February 2010, Ed Swierk wrote:
> I fixed this problem with the change below.  I'm not sure if replacing
> smp_processor_id() with get_cpu() is the right thing to do but it works
> for macvtap at least.

I think we also need to ensure the device doesn't go away, which
was one of the reasons for the rcu_read_lock_bh() earlier.

	Arnd
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