netdev - Re: [patch net 2/2] mlxsw: spectrum: Don't sleep during ndo_get_phys_port

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Date:	Thu, 9 Jun 2016 11:16:48 +0200
From:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:	Yuval Mintz <Yuval.Mintz@...gic.com>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"idosch@...lanox.com" <idosch@...lanox.com>,
	"eladr@...lanox.com" <eladr@...lanox.com>,
	"yotamg@...lanox.com" <yotamg@...lanox.com>,
	"nogahf@...lanox.com" <nogahf@...lanox.com>,
	"ogerlitz@...lanox.com" <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [patch net 2/2] mlxsw: spectrum: Don't sleep during
 ndo_get_phys_port_name()

Thu, Jun 09, 2016 at 10:50:16AM CEST, Yuval.Mintz@...gic.com wrote:
>> When rtnl_fill_ifinfo() is called for a certain netdevice it queries its various
>> parameters such as switch id and physical port name. The function might get
>> called in an atomic context, which means the underlying driver must not sleep
>
>Is Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt a deprecated file?
>If not, perhaps we should update such information there; Otherwise its trial
>and  error for everyone.

Looks like Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt needs a lot of work
to make it up to date. Would perhaps make sense to move this info
directly to the initial comment of struct net_device_ops.