Suzanne Wood <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> (1) bpq_new_device() calls list_add_rcu() labeled as
> "list protected by RTNL." The comment may need to go
> since the only apparent rtnl_lock()/unlock() pair encloses
> the call to bpq_free_device() in bpq_cleanup_driver()
> called upon module_exit().
The RTNL comment is correct actually.
bpq_new_device can only be called from bpq_device_event which
is called from a netdev event handler. All netdev event handlers
must be called uner the RTNL.
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