i40e: Fix comment about locking for __i40e_read_nvm_word()
authorStefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>
Wed, 6 Sep 2017 08:11:38 +0000 (10:11 +0200)
committerJeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Tue, 10 Oct 2017 14:54:35 +0000 (07:54 -0700)
Caller needs to acquire the lock. Called functions will not.

Fixes: 09f79fd49d94 ("i40e: avoid NVM acquire deadlock during NVM update")
Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_nvm.c

index 57505b1df98dfb65e5033808c05c4cf9954600de..d591b3e6bd7c511d974c20e2a2e27e44816fa84f 100644 (file)
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ static i40e_status i40e_read_nvm_word_aq(struct i40e_hw *hw, u16 offset,
 }
 
 /**
- * __i40e_read_nvm_word - Reads nvm word, assumes called does the locking
+ * __i40e_read_nvm_word - Reads nvm word, assumes caller does the locking
  * @hw: pointer to the HW structure
  * @offset: offset of the Shadow RAM word to read (0x000000 - 0x001FFF)
  * @data: word read from the Shadow RAM