Re: [PATCH] Export current_is_keventd() for libphy

• To: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: [PATCH] Export current_is_keventd() for libphy
• From: Roland Dreier <[email protected]>
• Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2006 15:49:09 -0800
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 > But running flush_scheduled_work() from within dev_close() is a very
 > sensible thing to do, and dev_close is called under rtnl_lock().

I can't argue with that -- this has actually bitten me in the past.

Hmm, I'll try to understand why we need rtnl_lock() to cover dev_close...

 - R.
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  • Re: [PATCH] Export current_is_keventd() for libphy
    • From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <[email protected]>
  • Re: [PATCH] Export current_is_keventd() for libphy
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