Re: "new style" netdevice allocation patch for TUN driver (2.4.18

[David S. Miller]

   From: "Maksim (Max) Krasnyanskiy" <[e-mail]>
   Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2002 10:07:49 -0700
   
   Dave, how about this
   
   --- net/core/dev.c.orig Mon Aug  5 21:48:54 2002
   +++ net/core/dev.c      Mon Aug  5 21:54:01 2002
   @@ -2577,6 +2577,11 @@

First, the call-chain notifiers are probably not safe
to run without rtnl_lock held.

Second, why not just fix the bug instead of applying band-aids
to device unregistry?  I know it's nice in that it allows you
to configure devices some more, but it doesn't make the real
problem go away.