Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/9] deadlock prevention core

[Daniel Phillips]

Hi Dave,

David Miller wrote:
> I think the new atomic operation that will seemingly occur on every
> device SKB free is unacceptable.

Alternate suggestion?

> You also cannot modify netdev->flags in the lockless manner in which
> you do, it must be done with the appropriate locking, such as holding
> the RTNL semaphore.

Thanks for the catch.

Regards,

Daniel



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