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-rw-r--r--include/linux/netdevice.h8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index fb912e8e5c7f..9d4b1f1b6b75 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1144,6 +1144,7 @@ struct net_device_ops {
netdev_tx_t (*ndo_dfwd_start_xmit) (struct sk_buff *skb,
struct net_device *dev,
void *priv);
+ int (*ndo_get_lock_subclass)(struct net_device *dev);
};
/**
@@ -2950,7 +2951,12 @@ static inline void netif_addr_lock(struct net_device *dev)
static inline void netif_addr_lock_nested(struct net_device *dev)
{
- spin_lock_nested(&dev->addr_list_lock, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
+ int subclass = SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING;
+
+ if (dev->netdev_ops->ndo_get_lock_subclass)
+ subclass = dev->netdev_ops->ndo_get_lock_subclass(dev);
+
+ spin_lock_nested(&dev->addr_list_lock, subclass);
}
static inline void netif_addr_lock_bh(struct net_device *dev)