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authorJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2021-01-04 17:22:24 -0800
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2021-01-05 16:41:51 -0800
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docs: net: fix documentation on .ndo_get_stats
Fix calling context. Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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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.