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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt
index 336fe8e85b2..b107733cfdc 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ dev->get_stats:
Context: nominally process, but don't sleep inside an rwlock
dev->hard_start_xmit:
- Synchronization: netif_tx_lock spinlock.
+ Synchronization: __netif_tx_lock spinlock.
When the driver sets NETIF_F_LLTX in dev->features this will be
called without holding netif_tx_lock. In this case the driver
@@ -87,12 +87,12 @@ dev->hard_start_xmit:
Only valid when NETIF_F_LLTX is set.
dev->tx_timeout:
- Synchronization: netif_tx_lock spinlock.
+ Synchronization: netif_tx_lock spinlock; all TX queues frozen.
Context: BHs disabled
Notes: netif_queue_stopped() is guaranteed true
dev->set_rx_mode:
- Synchronization: netif_tx_lock spinlock.
+ Synchronization: netif_addr_lock spinlock.
Context: BHs disabled
struct napi_struct synchronization rules