From: Ben Hutchings Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 14:38:49 +0000 (+0000) Subject: ethtool: Remove exception to the requirement of holding RTNL lock X-Git-Tag: firefly_0821_release~3680^2~3128^2~7 X-Git-Url: http://demsky.eecs.uci.edu/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b4f79e5cb2182f27d151da6e223186f287a615d6;p=firefly-linux-kernel-4.4.55.git ethtool: Remove exception to the requirement of holding RTNL lock 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 Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- diff --git a/include/linux/ethtool.h b/include/linux/ethtool.h index e1d9e0ede309..f5647b59a90e 100644 --- a/include/linux/ethtool.h +++ b/include/linux/ethtool.h @@ -896,8 +896,7 @@ 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. *