What is RTNL lock?

Vimal j.vimal at gmail.com
Sun Nov 27 12:07:49 EST 2011


Hi all,

In the Linux networking code, I see a lot of comments that say "Must
be called with RTNL lock."

What is this lock?  I tried searching for it but couldn't find any
explanation on what it is...

Thanks
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Vimal



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