On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 22:06:36 +0530 Bhargava Marreddy wrote:

+	/* To protect link related settings during link changes and
+	 * ethtool settings changes.
+	 */
+	struct mutex		link_lock;
+	struct bnge_link_info	link_info;

Why does link deserve its own lock? Are the operations slow?

bnxt was written before the netdev instance lock existed, if you're
just trying to avoid taking rtnl_lock the instance lock would do.