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-rw-r--r--include/linux/ethtool.h4
-rw-r--r--include/linux/netdevice.h9
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/ethtool.h b/include/linux/ethtool.h
index 7e6e0a89ca26..4194a2067a14 100644
--- a/include/linux/ethtool.h
+++ b/include/linux/ethtool.h
@@ -744,7 +744,9 @@ bool ethtool_invalid_flags(struct net_device *dev, u32 data, u32 supported);
/**
* struct ethtool_ops - optional netdev operations
* @get_settings: Get various device settings including Ethernet link
- * settings. Returns a negative error code or zero.
+ * settings. The @cmd parameter is expected to have been cleared
+ * before get_settings is called. Returns a negative error code or
+ * zero.
* @set_settings: Set various device settings including Ethernet link
* settings. Returns a negative error code or zero.
* @get_drvinfo: Report driver/device information. Should only set the
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index e03af35843bc..d5de66af46f9 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -2597,13 +2597,8 @@ static inline int netif_is_bond_slave(struct net_device *dev)
extern struct pernet_operations __net_initdata loopback_net_ops;
-static inline int dev_ethtool_get_settings(struct net_device *dev,
- struct ethtool_cmd *cmd)
-{
- if (!dev->ethtool_ops || !dev->ethtool_ops->get_settings)
- return -EOPNOTSUPP;
- return dev->ethtool_ops->get_settings(dev, cmd);
-}
+int dev_ethtool_get_settings(struct net_device *dev,
+ struct ethtool_cmd *cmd);
static inline u32 dev_ethtool_get_rx_csum(struct net_device *dev)
{