tree 294ff654e90950f5162737c26f4799b0b710b748
parent f1f28aa3510ddb84c966bac65611bb866c77a092
author David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> 1216106024 -0700
committer David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> 1216106024 -0700

netdev: Add netdev->addr_list_lock protection.

Add netif_addr_{lock,unlock}{,_bh}() helpers.

Use them to protect operations that operate on or read
the network device unicast and multicast address lists.

Also use them in cases where the code simply wants to
block calls into the driver's ->set_rx_mode() and
->set_multicast_list() methods.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>