On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 11:02:05PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> struct net_device *dev_get_by_name(const char *name)
> {
> + struct net_ns_dev_list *dev_list = &(net_ns()->dev_list);
> struct net_device *dev;
>
> - read_lock(&dev_base_lock);
> + read_lock(&dev_list->lock);
> dev = __dev_get_by_name(name);
> if (dev)
> dev_hold(dev);
> - read_unlock(&dev_base_lock);
> + read_unlock(&dev_list->lock);
> return dev;
And what would stop renames done via different lists from creating a
conflict? Incidentally, WTF protects the device name while we are
doing that lookup?
While we are at it, what are you going to do with sysfs?
ls /sys/class/net and watch the fun...
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