Thread (28 messages) 28 messages, 9 authors, 2026-06-04

Re: [PATCH net-next v2 03/11] net: document NETDEV_CHANGENAME as ops locked

From: Stanislav Fomichev <hidden>
Date: 2026-06-03 17:07:21
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On 06/02, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
NETDEV_CHANGENAME is only emitted from netif_change_name().
netif_change_name() has two callers both of which hold netdev_lock_ops()
around the call site:
 - dev_change_name()
 - do_setlink()

Document NETDEV_CHANGENAME as always ops locked.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
 
Acked-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
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