[RFC,v2,net-next,12/12] net: remove obsolete comments about ndo_get_stats64 context from eth drivers

Commit Message

Vladimir Oltean Jan. 5, 2021, 6:59 p.m. UTC

From: Vladimir Oltean <[e-mail]>

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 <[e-mail]>
---
 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(-)

Patch

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)
 {