From d2a2fd166e421b44fec5aaf054639cdd134e332a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "David S. Miller" Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 22:11:42 -0700 Subject: [NET]: In unregister_netdevice(), do synchronize_net() before final dev_put(). This way we make sure that all destination cache updates to remove references to this device are seen by entire system before final destruction of the device. --- net/core/dev.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'net') diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index fb20e1047f27..27cbb530b95b 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -3177,6 +3177,8 @@ int unregister_netdevice(struct net_device *dev) /* Finish processing unregister after unlock */ net_set_todo(dev); + synchronize_net(); + dev_put(dev); return 0; } -- cgit v1.2.3