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

[David Miller]

From: Shreyas Bhatewara <sbhatewara@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:02:13 -0700 (PDT)

> Hold rtnl_lock to get the right link state.
> 
> While asynchronously resetting the device, hold rtnl_lock to get the
> right value from netif_running. If a reset is scheduled, and the device
> goes thru close and open, it may happen that reset and open may run in
> parallel. Holding rtnl_lock will avoid this.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shreyas Bhatewara <sbhatewara@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied.
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