Re: [PATCH][ATM] use rtnl_{lock,unlock} during device operations (take 2)

[chas williams]

In message <[e-mail]>,Werner Almesberger writes:
>make sense. But in the case of ATM device and VCC handling, you
>already have all the synchronous code paths (because things are
>initiated by user space), they're not very timing-critical, and
>reuse before destruction has completed is unlikely.

wrong!  the biggest problem with the atm stack is because one
thing isnt synchronus.  the atm recv side is completely async.
it can pop up at anytime and try to use a vcc.