From: Hao Liang <hliang1...@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2014 14:08:28 +0800
> I double-check my patch and the ->mac->xxx calls are still under the lock. > I think that lock is trying to protect priv struct and related data, so i > just remove some functions have no bearing on priv struct. It's preventing parallel invocations of the ->mac->xxx calls. The other instances are in device open/close, where RTNL semaphore is held, and no other code paths in the driver can be active. You need the lock. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
