netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/4] ethtool: push the rtnl_lock into dev

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Date:   Sun, 31 Oct 2021 08:19:55 +0200
From:   Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, jiri@...nulli.us,
        mkubecek@...e.cz, andrew@...n.ch, f.fainelli@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/4] ethtool: push the rtnl_lock into
 dev_ethtool()

On Sat, Oct 30, 2021 at 10:18:48AM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> Don't take the lock in net/core/dev_ioctl.c,
> we'll have things to do outside rtnl_lock soon.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> ---
>  net/core/dev_ioctl.c |  2 --
>  net/ethtool/ioctl.c  | 14 +++++++++++++-
>  2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 

Thanks,
Reviewed-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>