Hello! > Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt says that netdev->get_stats() is > protected by the dev_base_lock spinlock, dev_base_lock is not spinlock, but rw lock. Acceses to method get_stats are _not_ mutually exclusive in any case, which is natural for this method. If device needs exclusive access, it is its problem to provide it, f.e. devices which update heir stats from hardware while get_stats use their nternal controller irq-safe spinlock. Alexey - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
