Ben Hutchings wrote:
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> This is already under RTNL; why do you need your own semaphore?
> (And why are you using semaphores, not mutexes?)

We approach the device/port state from many functions, not all protected by the
RTNL lock.
You are right about the mutex, it needs to be changed.

Yevgeny
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