r8169: use RTNL to protect critical sections

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Most relevant ops (open, close, ethtool ops) are protected with RTNL
lock by net core. Make sure that such ops can't be interrupted by
e.g. (runtime-)suspending by taking the RTNL lock in suspend ops
and the PCI error handler.

Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

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Heiner Kallweit 2020-06-20 22:38:24 +02:00 • committed by David S. Miller

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drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c

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