Re: [PATCH 2.6.35-rc1] net-next: vmxnet3 fixes [4/5] Do not resetwhen the device is not opened

From: David Miller
Date: Thu Jul 15 2010 - 21:31:59 EST


From: Shreyas Bhatewara <sbhatewara@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:20:52 -0700 (PDT)

> Is this what you suggest :
>
> ---
>
> Hold rtnl_lock to get the right link state.

It ought to work, but make sure that it is legal to take the
RTNL semaphore in all contexts in which this code block
might be called.
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