Re: [PATCH net 1/2] net: Use device model to get driver name in skb_gso_segment()

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On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 10:38:59PM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> ethtool operations generally require the caller to hold RTNL and are
> not safe to call in atomic context.  The device model provides this
> information for most devices; we'll only lose it for some old ISA
> drivers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
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