netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: do not process device backlog during unregistration

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.11.1506300913510.1508@ja.home.ssi.bg>
Date:	Tue, 30 Jun 2015 09:25:18 +0300 (EEST)
From:	Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	"Vittorio G (VittGam)" <linuxbugs@...tgam.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: do not process device backlog during
 unregistration


	Hello,

On Mon, 29 Jun 2015, Julian Anastasov wrote:

> RFC patch:
> 
> Subject: [PATCHv2 net] net: do not process device backlog during
>  unregistration

	Ignore this v2, packets in backlog do not hold
dev reference, I'll prepare new version with such check
in enqueue_to_backlog. Also, it is process_backlog that
should start the RCU read section because packets may
escape the last synchronize_net... more fixes are needed.

Regards

--
Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>
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