netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/1]core:Change a wrong explain about dev_get_by

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Date:	Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:43:09 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Cc:	tingwei liu <tingw.liu@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@....inr.ac.ru>, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1]core:Change a wrong explain about dev_get_by_name

On Wed, 2013-03-20 at 17:10 +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:

> If they are wrongly documented as 'can be called from any context', yes.

Wow, thats really useful.

Why is this function not allowed from hard irq context, we have no idea.

Why someone would like to call it from hard irq context, we have no
idea.

I hope to get a clear explanation here, not only playing with words.

Thanks


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