From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 15 May 2001 05:03:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 15 May 2001 05:03:41 -0400 Received: from minus.inr.ac.ru ([193.233.7.97]:15886 "HELO ms2.inr.ac.ru") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 15 May 2001 05:03:33 -0400 From: kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru Message-Id: <200105150902.NAA29079@ms2.inr.ac.ru> Subject: Re: NETDEV_CHANGE events when __LINK_STATE_NOCARRIER is modified To: andrewm@uow.edu.au (Andrew Morton) Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 13:02:55 +0400 (MSK DST) Cc: jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com, davem@redhat.COM, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <3B006F84.C1427EB3@uow.edu.au> from "Andrew Morton" at May 15, 1 09:51:32 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello! > It protects the as-yet-unchanged PCI and Cardbus drivers from a > fatal race. Fatal race remained. Andrew, you start again the story about white bull. 8) We have already discussed this. Device cannot stay in device list uninitialzied. Period. I am sorry, but no compromise is possible. With Jeff's approach all the references to init_etherdev and dev_probe_lock must be eliminated in 2.4. > and sys_ioctl() both do lock_kernel(). If xxx_probe() drops the BKL, Again, BKL has nothing to do with this (and ioctl does not hold it) It looks like you forgot all the discussion around your own patch. 8) If you want I can retransmit the mails which resulted in your patch? Alexey