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

From: Daniel Phillips <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 18:35:42 -0700

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