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IPoIB: Avoid free_netdev() BUG when destroying a child interface
authorRoland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com>
Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:22:32 +0000 (10:22 -0700)
committerRoland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com>
Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:22:32 +0000 (10:22 -0700)
commit838dfc638d5564f9dd8d6d077ea6285e41bf8f95
treea1337e312058581acada61502ccee9ff99c28f96tree | snapshot
parent942961b7e462994c702308f5558add1f061ff27dcommit | diff
IPoIB: Avoid free_netdev() BUG when destroying a child interface

We have to release the RTNL before calling free_netdev() so that the
device state has a chance to become NETREG_UNREGISTERED.  Otherwise
when removing a child interface, we hit the BUG() that tests the
device state in free_netdev().

Reported-by: Yossi Etigin <yosefe@voltaire.com>
Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com>
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