netdev - Re: [PATCH] caif: Fix race when conditionally taking rtnl lock

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Message-Id: <20110601.211407.961267361520373791.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 01 Jun 2011 21:14:07 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sjur.brandeland@...ricsson.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] caif: Fix race when conditionally taking rtnl lock

From: Sjur Brændeland <sjur.brandeland@...ricsson.com>
Date: Wed,  1 Jun 2011 12:55:37 +0200

> Take the RTNL lock unconditionally when calling dev_close.
> Taking the lock conditionally may cause race conditions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sjur Brændeland <sjur.brandeland@...ricsson.com>

Applied, thanks.
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