Re: dst_ifdown breaks infiniband?

From: Michael S. Tsirkin
Date: Sun Mar 18 2007 - 16:25:40 EST


> > Why is neighbour->dev changed here?
>
> It holds reference to device and prevents its destruction.
> If dst is held somewhere, we cannot destroy the device and deadlock
> while unregister.

BTW, can this ever happen for the loopback device itself?
Is it ever unregistered?

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