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List:       linux-netdev
Subject:    [PATCH net] docs: net: fix documentation on .ndo_get_stats
From:       Jakub Kicinski <kuba () kernel ! org>
Date:       2020-12-31 3:45:24
Message-ID: 20201231034524.1570729-1-kuba () kernel ! org
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Fix calling context.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@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

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