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

From: Jeff Garzik <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 22:38:26 -0400

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?

	Jeff