Re: [PATCH] bond_main.c: fix device deregistration in init exception path

[Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>]

Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> wrote:
>
> Andrew Morton wrote:
> > diff -puN drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c~bond_mainc-fix-device-deregistration-in-init-exception drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
> > --- devel/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c~bond_mainc-fix-device-deregistration-in-init-exception	2005-09-17 23:18:38.000000000 -0700
> > +++ devel-akpm/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c	2005-09-17 23:31:02.000000000 -0700
> > @@ -5039,6 +5039,14 @@ static int __init bonding_init(void)
> >  	return 0;
> >  
> >  out_err:
> > +	/*
> > +	 * rtnl_unlock() will run netdev_run_todo(), putting the
> > +	 * thus-far-registered bonding devices into a state which
> > +	 * unregigister_netdevice() will accept
> > +	 */
> > +	rtnl_unlock();
> > +	rtnl_lock();
> > +
> 
> 
> Don't we want a schedule() or schedule_timeout(1) in between?
> 

No, it's all synchronous.  See the nice comment ;)
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