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Message-ID: <CO2PR11MB008875CDB003CB79FF1FBCC0975F0@CO2PR11MB0088.namprd11.prod.outlook.com> Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2016 08:50:16 +0000 From: Yuval Mintz <Yuval.Mintz@...gic.com> To: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org> CC: 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() > 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.
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