[PATCH net-next 1/6] ethtool: Remove exception to the requirement of holding RTNL lock
From: Ben Hutchings <hidden>
Date: 2012-04-06 00:38:52
Subsystem:
networking [ethtool], networking [general], the rest · Maintainers:
Andrew Lunn, Jakub Kicinski, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds
Commit e52ac3398c3d772d372b9b62ab408fd5eec96840 ('net: Use device
model to get driver name in skb_gso_segment()') removed the only
in-tree caller of ethtool ops that doesn't hold the RTNL lock.
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <redacted>
---
include/linux/ethtool.h | 3 +--
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/ethtool.h b/include/linux/ethtool.h
index 560a247..89d68d8 100644
--- a/include/linux/ethtool.h
+++ b/include/linux/ethtool.h@@ -923,8 +923,7 @@ static inline u32 ethtool_rxfh_indir_default(u32 index, u32 n_rx_rings) * * All operations are optional (i.e. the function pointer may be set * to %NULL) and callers must take this into account. Callers must - * hold the RTNL, except that for @get_drvinfo the caller may or may - * not hold the RTNL. + * hold the RTNL lock. * * See the structures used by these operations for further documentation. *
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1.7.7.6
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