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Kirill Tkhai says:
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net_rwsem fixes
there is wext_netdev_notifier_call()->wireless_nlevent_flush()
netdevice notifier, which takes net_rwsem, so we can't take
net_rwsem in {,un}register_netdevice_notifier().
Since {,un}register_netdevice_notifier() is executed under
pernet_ops_rwsem, net_namespace_list can't change, while we
holding it, so there is no need net_rwsem in these functions [1/2].
The same is in [2/2]. We make callers of __rtnl_link_unregister()
take pernet_ops_rwsem, and close the race with setup_net()
and cleanup_net(), so __rtnl_link_unregister() does not need it.
This also fixes the problem of that __rtnl_link_unregister() does
not see initializing and exiting nets.
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Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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