Merge branch 'perf-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel...

[karo-tx-linux.git] / net / core / dev.c

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 7c6a46f803724633e6539c81186f4ff955f0e297..24ea2d71e7eac37000285ea5cd348e1ecb14f156 100644 (file)
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -749,7 +749,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_get_by_index);
  *     @ha: hardware address
  *
  *     Search for an interface by MAC address. Returns NULL if the device
- *     is not found or a pointer to the device. The caller must hold RCU
+ *     is not found or a pointer to the device.
+ *     The caller must hold RCU or RTNL.
  *     The returned device has not had its ref count increased
  *     and the caller must therefore be careful about locking
  *