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diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 2ecf0f32444e..81c85ba6e2b8 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1730,6 +1730,11 @@ struct net_device {
unsigned char if_port;
unsigned char dma;
+ /* Note : dev->mtu is often read without holding a lock.
+ * Writers usually hold RTNL.
+ * It is recommended to use READ_ONCE() to annotate the reads,
+ * and to use WRITE_ONCE() to annotate the writes.
+ */
unsigned int mtu;
unsigned short type;
unsigned short hard_header_len;
@@ -3565,7 +3570,7 @@ static inline u32 netif_msg_init(int debug_value, int default_msg_enable_bits)
if (debug_value == 0) /* no output */
return 0;
/* set low N bits */
- return (1 << debug_value) - 1;
+ return (1U << debug_value) - 1;
}
static inline void __netif_tx_lock(struct netdev_queue *txq, int cpu)