netdev - Re: [PATCH net 1/2] net: Use device model to get driver name in skb_gso

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Message-ID: <20120116224138.GA12523@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:41:38 +1100
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/2] net: Use device model to get driver name in
	skb_gso_segment()

On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 10:38:59PM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> ethtool operations generally require the caller to hold RTNL and are
> not safe to call in atomic context.  The device model provides this
> information for most devices; we'll only lose it for some old ISA
> drivers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>

Acked-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>

Thanks,
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