On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 07:45:24PM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > Fix calling context. > > Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <k...@kernel.org> > --- > Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst | 4 ++-- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst > b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst > index 5a85fcc80c76..a80676f5477d 100644 > --- a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst > +++ b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst > @@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ struct net_device synchronization rules > Context: process > > ndo_get_stats: > - Synchronization: dev_base_lock rwlock. > - Context: nominally process, but don't sleep inside an rwlock > + Synchronization: rtnl_lock() semaphore, or RCU. > + Context: atomic > > ndo_start_xmit: > Synchronization: __netif_tx_lock spinlock. > -- > 2.26.2 >
And what happened to dev_base_lock? Did it suddenly go away?
