netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/1]core:Change a wrong explain about dev_get_by

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Date:	Sat, 23 Mar 2013 09:24:30 +0800
From:	tingwei liu <tingw.liu@...il.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@....inr.ac.ru>, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1]core:Change a wrong explain about dev_get_by_name

On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 1:43 AM, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2013-03-20 at 17:10 +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
>
>> If they are wrongly documented as 'can be called from any context', yes.
>
> Wow, thats really useful.
>
> Why is this function not allowed from hard irq context, we have no idea.
When function "list_netdevice" get write lock "dev_base_lock" only
disable soft interrupt. So dev_get_by_name get read lock
"dev_base_lock", can not called on interrupt context.
>
> Why someone would like to call it from hard irq context, we have no
> idea.
>
> I hope to get a clear explanation here, not only playing with words.
>
> Thanks
>
>
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