Subject: Re: [PATCH] e100: Fix the TX workqueue race

From: Jeff Garzik <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:20:42 -0400

On 04/23/2010 10:34 AM, Alan Cox wrote:
> I'd assumed someone would have picked up on this and fixed it using rtnl_lock
> as was suggested but it seems to have fallen through the cracks ?
>
> Anyway this is I assume what was meant ?
>
> ---
>
> Nothing stops the workqueue being left to run in parallel with close or a
> few other operations. This causes double unmaps and the like.
>
> See kerneloops.org #1041230 for an example
>
> Signed-off-by: Alan Cox<[email-masked]>

Acked-by: Jeff Garzik <[email-masked]>

Glad someone finally fixed this, it has bugged me for years...

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