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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/netdevice.h | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h index 861b71377e5e..d999e503ba8a 100644 --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h @@ -1617,6 +1617,11 @@ struct net_device { unsigned char if_port; unsigned char dma; + /* Note : dev->mtu is often read without holding a lock. + * Writers usually hold RTNL. + * It is recommended to use READ_ONCE() to annotate the reads, + * and to use WRITE_ONCE() to annotate the writes. + */ unsigned int mtu; unsigned short type; unsigned short hard_header_len; |