netdev - [net-next 08/15] net/mlx5: Remove outdated comment

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Message-Id: <20230210221821.271571-9-saeed@kernel.org>
Date:   Fri, 10 Feb 2023 14:18:14 -0800
From:   Saeed Mahameed <saeed@...nel.org>
To:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc:     Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...dia.com>, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>
Subject: [net-next 08/15] net/mlx5: Remove outdated comment

From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>

The comment is no longer applicable, as the devlink reload and instance
cleanup are both protected with devlink instance lock, therefore no race
can happen.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>
Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/dev.c | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/dev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/dev.c
index 17ae9b4ec794..49bbfadc8c64 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/dev.c
@@ -377,10 +377,6 @@ int mlx5_attach_device(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 
 			/* Pay attention that this is not PCI driver that
 			 * mlx5_core_dev is connected, but auxiliary driver.
-			 *
-			 * Here we can race of module unload with devlink
-			 * reload, but we don't need to take extra lock because
-			 * we are holding global mlx5_intf_mutex.
 			 */
 			if (!adev->dev.driver)
 				continue;
-- 
2.39.1