From 9f9d41f03bb07069e6e83ff4720cfea74a63898d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jakub Kicinski Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2021 17:22:24 -0800 Subject: docs: net: fix documentation on .ndo_get_stats Fix calling context. Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Reviewed-by: Vladimir Oltean Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst index 5a85fcc80c76..e65665c5ab50 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst @@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ ndo_do_ioctl: Context: process ndo_get_stats: - Synchronization: dev_base_lock rwlock. - Context: nominally process, but don't sleep inside an rwlock + Synchronization: rtnl_lock() semaphore, dev_base_lock rwlock, or RCU. + Context: atomic (can't sleep under rwlock or RCU) ndo_start_xmit: Synchronization: __netif_tx_lock spinlock. -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b