netdev - Re: [PATCH net 1/2] i40e: Fix comment about locking for __i40e_read_nvm

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Message-ID: <1504746971.3922.83.camel@intel.com>
Date:   Wed, 06 Sep 2017 18:16:11 -0700
From:   Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:     Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org
Cc:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Anjali Singhai Jain <anjali.singhai@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/2] i40e: Fix comment about locking for
 __i40e_read_nvm_word()

On Wed, 2017-09-06 at 10:11 +0200, Stefano Brivio wrote:
> Caller needs to acquire the lock. Called functions will not.
> 
> Fixes: 09f79fd49d94 ("i40e: avoid NVM acquire deadlock during NVM
> update")
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@...hat.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_nvm.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Yes, this fixes the function header comment, not sure if it requires
the "Fixes:" tag.  If that were the case, wonder why all the other code
comment changes do not have this. :-)  I do agree it reads better with
this change, so I do not have an issue queue this up for Dave's net
tree.
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