netdev - Re: [PATCH 2.6.35-rc1] net-next: vmxnet3 fixes [4/5] Do not reset when the device is not opened

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Message-Id: <20100719.131610.170125363.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:16:10 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sbhatewara@...are.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	pv-drivers@...are.com, ronghua@...are.com, matthieu@...are.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.35-rc1] net-next: vmxnet3 fixes [4/5] Do not reset
 when the device is not opened

From: Shreyas Bhatewara <sbhatewara@...are.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:02:13 -0700 (PDT)

> Hold rtnl_lock to get the right link state.
> 
> While asynchronously resetting the device, hold rtnl_lock to get the
> right value from netif_running. If a reset is scheduled, and the device
> goes thru close and open, it may happen that reset and open may run in
> parallel. Holding rtnl_lock will avoid this.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shreyas Bhatewara <sbhatewara@...are.com>

Applied.
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