netdev - Re: [PATCH] e100: Fix the TX workqueue race

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Message-ID: <4BD1C8DA.4050002@garzik.org>
Date:	Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:20:42 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] e100: Fix the TX workqueue race

On 04/23/2010 10:34 AM, Alan Cox wrote:
> I'd assumed someone would have picked up on this and fixed it using rtnl_lock
> as was suggested but it seems to have fallen through the cracks ?
>
> Anyway this is I assume what was meant ?
>
> ---
>
> Nothing stops the workqueue being left to run in parallel with close or a
> few other operations. This causes double unmaps and the like.
>
> See kerneloops.org #1041230 for an example
>
> Signed-off-by: Alan Cox<alan@...ux.intel.com>

Acked-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...hat.com>

Glad someone finally fixed this, it has bugged me for years...


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