netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: Fix inconsistent teardown and release of private netdev state.

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Date:   Fri, 09 Jun 2017 14:54:34 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     stephen@...workplumber.org
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: Fix inconsistent teardown and release of private
 netdev state.

From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2017 10:21:04 -0700

> Is there anything in Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt about this to
> avoid any future issues?

You asked me about this last time, and I did not forget about it.

I sincerely lack the time to do a writeup about it, and I felt that
delaying the fix for another week or two until I find that magical
non-existing timeframe to write the docs was not beneficial for
users at all.