From: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@xxxxxxx> Now that we have a good summary in Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst, these comments serve no purpose and are actually distracting/confusing. Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/cisco/enic/enic_main.c | 1 - drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c | 2 -- drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx_common.c | 1 - drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/falcon/efx.c | 1 - 4 files changed, 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cisco/enic/enic_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cisco/enic/enic_main.c index fb269d587b74..7425f94f9091 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cisco/enic/enic_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cisco/enic/enic_main.c @@ -870,7 +870,6 @@ static netdev_tx_t enic_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, return NETDEV_TX_OK; } -/* dev_base_lock rwlock held, nominally process context */ static void enic_get_stats(struct net_device *netdev, struct rtnl_link_stats64 *net_stats) { diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c index 8724d6a9ed02..8fa254dc64e9 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c @@ -1761,8 +1761,6 @@ static void nv_get_stats(int cpu, struct fe_priv *np, /* * nv_get_stats64: dev->ndo_get_stats64 function * Get latest stats value from the nic. - * Called with read_lock(&dev_base_lock) held for read - - * only synchronized against unregister_netdevice. */ static void nv_get_stats64(struct net_device *dev, struct rtnl_link_stats64 *storage) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx_common.c index de797e1ac5a9..4d8047b35fb2 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx_common.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx_common.c @@ -596,7 +596,6 @@ void efx_stop_all(struct efx_nic *efx) efx_stop_datapath(efx); } -/* Context: process, dev_base_lock or RTNL held, non-blocking. */ void efx_net_stats(struct net_device *net_dev, struct rtnl_link_stats64 *stats) { struct efx_nic *efx = netdev_priv(net_dev); diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/falcon/efx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/falcon/efx.c index f8979991970e..6db2b6583dec 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/falcon/efx.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/falcon/efx.c @@ -2096,7 +2096,6 @@ int ef4_net_stop(struct net_device *net_dev) return 0; } -/* Context: process, dev_base_lock or RTNL held, non-blocking. */ static void ef4_net_stats(struct net_device *net_dev, struct rtnl_link_stats64 *stats) { -- 2.25.1