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| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/devlink.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/devlink.c b/net/core/devlink.c index e3a1ae44f93d..d3dbb904bf3b 100644 --- a/net/core/devlink.c +++ b/net/core/devlink.c @@ -6939,11 +6939,10 @@ int devlink_compat_switch_id_get(struct net_device *dev, { struct devlink_port *devlink_port; - /* RTNL mutex is held here which ensures that devlink_port - * instance cannot disappear in the middle. No need to take + /* Caller must hold RTNL mutex or reference to dev, which ensures that + * devlink_port instance cannot disappear in the middle. No need to take * any devlink lock as only permanent values are accessed. */ - ASSERT_RTNL(); devlink_port = netdev_to_devlink_port(dev); if (!devlink_port || !devlink_port->attrs.switch_port) return -EOPNOTSUPP; |