Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 01:36:37 +0300 > >> there seems to be a race in register_netdevice(), which is reported here: >> >> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15606 >> >> This is visible at least with flimflam and ath6kl. Basically what >> happens is this: >> >> Apr 29 00:21:35 roska flimflamd[2598]: src/udev.c:add_net_device() >> Apr 29 00:21:35 roska flimflamd[2598]: connman_inet_ifname: SIOCGIFNAME(index >> 4): No such device >> Apr 29 00:21:45 roska flimflamd[2598]: src/rtnl.c:rtnl_message() buf >> 0xbfefda3c len 1004 >> Apr 29 00:21:45 roska flimflamd[2598]: src/rtnl.c:rtnl_message() >> NEWLINK len 1004 type 16 flags 0x0000 seq 0 [...] >> I have confirmed that both of these patches fix the issue. Now I'm >> wondering which one is the best way forward. Or is there a better way >> to fix this? >> > > I see no problem with moving this. > SIOCGIFNAME should not need to hold rtnl. Ok, thanks for comments. I'll send a proper patch. -- Kalle Valo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
