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On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 01:14:38PM -0800, Julian Elischer wrote:
+> >P> There is still an unresolved problem (in your and our patch as well)=
 of
+> >P> using ifnet structure fields without synchronization, as we don't ha=
ve
+> >P> access tointerface's internal mutex, which protects those fields.
+> >=20
+> >
+>=20
+> you need to add an interface method that has access to it..

I was thinking more about moving interface mutex into ifnet structure,
but Robert has some objections IIRC.

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