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Diffstat (limited to 'net/core/net-sysfs.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/net-sysfs.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c index 529a0f721268..abaa1c919b98 100644 --- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c +++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c @@ -263,11 +263,14 @@ static ssize_t address_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, struct net_device *ndev = to_net_dev(dev); ssize_t ret = -EINVAL; - netdev_lock(ndev); + down_read(&dev_addr_sem); + + rcu_read_lock(); if (dev_isalive(ndev)) ret = sysfs_format_mac(buf, ndev->dev_addr, ndev->addr_len); - netdev_unlock(ndev); + rcu_read_unlock(); + up_read(&dev_addr_sem); return ret; } static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(address); |