netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] net: emphasize rtnl lock required in call_netdevice

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Message-Id: <20100420.014556.24310877.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:45:56 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jpirko@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] net: emphasize rtnl lock required in
 call_netdevice_notifiers

From: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:37:30 +0200

> Since netdev_chain is guarded by rtnl_lock, ASSERT_RTNL should be present here
> to make sure that all callers of call_netdevice_notifiers does the locking
> properly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>

That seems right, applied, thanks Jiri!
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