Re: [PATCH net-next v2 08/12] net: ethtool: optionally skip rtnl_lock in ethnl_act_module_fw_flash()
From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Date: 2026-06-09 15:43:45
From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Date: 2026-06-09 15:43:45
On Thu, Jun 4, 2026 at 5:29 PM Jakub Kicinski [off-list ref] wrote:
Module firmware flashing reads SFF-8024 identifier bytes via .get_module_eeprom_by_page(). Other than that it modifies a bit in the netdev->ethtool struct. Both should be ops-locked at this point. Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>