From 269a6b5f23a68803c3038faaef96acff2f18d22d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Russell King Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 17:18:52 +0000 Subject: net: phylink: update documentation on create and destroy Update the documentation on phylink's create and destroy functions to explicitly state that the rtnl lock must not be held while calling these. Signed-off-by: Russell King Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/phy/phylink.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'drivers/net/phy') diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c b/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c index a578f7ebf715..da9b5aabe5e4 100644 --- a/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c +++ b/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c @@ -601,6 +601,8 @@ static int phylink_register_sfp(struct phylink *pl, * Create a new phylink instance, and parse the link parameters found in @np. * This will parse in-band modes, fixed-link or SFP configuration. * + * Note: the rtnl lock must not be held when calling this function. + * * Returns a pointer to a &struct phylink, or an error-pointer value. Users * must use IS_ERR() to check for errors from this function. */ @@ -678,6 +680,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(phylink_create); * * Destroy a phylink instance. Any PHY that has been attached must have been * cleaned up via phylink_disconnect_phy() prior to calling this function. + * + * Note: the rtnl lock must not be held when calling this function. */ void phylink_destroy(struct phylink *pl) { -- cgit v1.2.3