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

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Date:	Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:32:28 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	herbert@...dor.hengli.com.au
Cc:	bhutchings@...arflare.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/2] net: Use device model to get driver name in
 skb_gso_segment()

From: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.hengli.com.au>
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:41:38 +1100

> 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>

Applied.
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