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Diffstat (limited to 'include/net/netdev_queues.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/netdev_queues.h | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/netdev_queues.h b/include/net/netdev_queues.h index 825141d675e5..ea709b59d827 100644 --- a/include/net/netdev_queues.h +++ b/include/net/netdev_queues.h @@ -85,9 +85,11 @@ struct netdev_queue_stats_tx { * for some of the events is not maintained, and reliable "total" cannot * be provided). * + * Ops are called under the instance lock if netdev_need_ops_lock() + * returns true, otherwise under rtnl_lock. * Device drivers can assume that when collecting total device stats, * the @get_base_stats and subsequent per-queue calls are performed - * "atomically" (without releasing the rtnl_lock). + * "atomically" (without releasing the relevant lock). * * Device drivers are encouraged to reset the per-queue statistics when * number of queues change. This is because the primary use case for |