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-rw-r--r--net/core/dev.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 7c6a46f8037..24ea2d71e7e 100644
--- 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
*