netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2] usbnet: Fix a race between usbnet

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Message-ID: <55E5AE10.2030108@rosalab.ru>
Date:	Tue, 1 Sep 2015 16:54:24 +0300
From:	Eugene Shatokhin <eugene.shatokhin@...alab.ru>
To:	Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>
Cc:	Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] usbnet: Fix a race between usbnet_stop() and the BH

01.09.2015 10:58, Oliver Neukum пишет:
> On Mon, 2015-08-31 at 11:50 +0300, Eugene Shatokhin wrote:
>>> But I would have liked it much better if the code became simpler
>> instead
>>> of more complex.
>>
>> Me too, but I can see no other way here. The code is simpler without
>> locking, indeed, but locking is needed to prevent the problems
>> described
>> earlier.
>
> On a practical note, will you resend the patch?

Yes, I will do it shortly. Thanks for your help!

Regards,

Eugene



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