netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] vlan: avoid a synchronize

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Date:	Wed, 11 Mar 2015 15:02:44 -0700
From:	Salam Noureddine <noureddine@...sta.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...hat.com>
Cc:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] vlan: avoid a synchronize_net when parent device
 goes down

I tested your proposed patch and it seems to work as expected. Thanks!

On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 1:54 PM, Salam Noureddine <noureddine@...sta.com> wrote:
> I will run your patch on one of our systems for a day or two and get
> back to you.
>
> On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 12:22 PM, David Miller <davem@...hat.com> wrote:
>> From: Salam Noureddine <noureddine@...sta.com>
>> Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2015 12:00:31 -0700
>>
>>> Thanks for pointing to the right direction. Is there a reason the vlan
>>> driver was calling
>>> dev_change_flags instead of dev_close to close the vlan device?
>>
>> Perhaps dev_close() was not exported at the time the code was written,
>> I honestly have no idea.
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