netdev - [PATCH net v2] docs: net: fix documentation on .ndo_get

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Date:   Mon,  4 Jan 2021 17:22:24 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, olteanv@...il.com,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net v2] docs: net: fix documentation on .ndo_get_stats

Fix calling context.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
---
 Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst
index 5a85fcc80c76..e65665c5ab50 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ struct net_device synchronization rules
 	Context: process
 
 ndo_get_stats:
-	Synchronization: dev_base_lock rwlock.
-	Context: nominally process, but don't sleep inside an rwlock
+	Synchronization: rtnl_lock() semaphore, dev_base_lock rwlock, or RCU.
+	Context: atomic (can't sleep under rwlock or RCU)
 
 ndo_start_xmit:
 	Synchronization: __netif_tx_lock spinlock.
-- 
2.26.2