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

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Message-ID: <CAO7SqHAeraR86pQ6=guHnqfuNmH8Km1vfxndkB+d2On5PG7NUg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 18 Mar 2015 10:04:46 -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

Hi David,

Are you planning on applying your patch to net-next?

Thanks,
Salam

On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 3:02 PM, Salam Noureddine <noureddine@...sta.com> wrote:
> 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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