On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 11:02:04PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > + read_lock(&dev_base_lock); > + > + for (dev = dev_base; dev; dev = dev->next) > + if (!strncmp(dev->name, devname, IFNAMSIZ)) > + break; > + > + if (!dev) { > + ret = -ENODEV; > + goto out; > + } > + > + db = kmalloc(sizeof(*db), GFP_KERNEL);
deadlock. Besides, holding references to net_device from userland is Not Good(tm). - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html