>
> Marcelo,
>
> Is this code from linux-2.4.18-pre4/drivers/net/bonding.c safe?
>
> static int bond_close(struct net_device *master)
> {
> write_lock_irqsave(&bond->lock, flags);
> <snip>
> bond_release_all(master);
>
> write_unlock_irqrestore(&bond->lock, flags);
>
> AFAICS 'bond_release_all()' calls a bunch of lower level networking
> functions some of which do sleep. It does nothing to release the
> bond->lock when this occurs.
They are not safe, indeed.
Have you tried to contact the driver authors ?
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