Re: [PATCH net-next v3 05/14] motorcomm:yt6801: Implement the .ndo_open function

[Andrew Lunn]

> +static int fxgmac_open(struct net_device *netdev)
> +{
> +	struct fxgmac_pdata *priv = netdev_priv(netdev);
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	mutex_lock(&priv->mutex);

What is this mutex protecting? Where it is defined you have:

       struct mutex mutex; /* Driver lock */

which does not help at all. Why is the RTNL lock not sufficient?

	Andrew