static u32 tx4939_get_eth_speed(struct net_device *dev)
 {
        struct ethtool_cmd cmd;
-       if (dev_ethtool_get_settings(dev, &cmd))
+       if (__ethtool_get_settings(dev, &cmd))
                return 100;     /* default 100Mbps */
 
        return ethtool_cmd_speed(&cmd);
 
 static int bond_update_speed_duplex(struct slave *slave)
 {
        struct net_device *slave_dev = slave->dev;
-       struct ethtool_cmd etool = { .cmd = ETHTOOL_GSET };
+       struct ethtool_cmd ecmd;
        u32 slave_speed;
        int res;
 
        slave->speed = SPEED_100;
        slave->duplex = DUPLEX_FULL;
 
-       if (!slave_dev->ethtool_ops || !slave_dev->ethtool_ops->get_settings)
-               return -1;
-
-       res = slave_dev->ethtool_ops->get_settings(slave_dev, &etool);
+       res = __ethtool_get_settings(slave_dev, &ecmd);
        if (res < 0)
                return -1;
 
-       slave_speed = ethtool_cmd_speed(&etool);
+       slave_speed = ethtool_cmd_speed(&ecmd);
        if (slave_speed == 0 || slave_speed == ((__u32) -1))
                return -1;
 
-       switch (etool.duplex) {
+       switch (ecmd.duplex) {
        case DUPLEX_FULL:
        case DUPLEX_HALF:
                break;
        }
 
        slave->speed = slave_speed;
-       slave->duplex = etool.duplex;
+       slave->duplex = ecmd.duplex;
 
        return 0;
 }
 
                                        struct ethtool_cmd *cmd)
 {
        const struct macvlan_dev *vlan = netdev_priv(dev);
-       return dev_ethtool_get_settings(vlan->lowerdev, cmd);
+
+       return __ethtool_get_settings(vlan->lowerdev, cmd);
 }
 
 static const struct ethtool_ops macvlan_ethtool_ops = {
 
        struct net_device *netdev = interface->netdev;
        struct ethtool_cmd ecmd;
 
-       if (!dev_ethtool_get_settings(netdev, &ecmd)) {
+       if (!__ethtool_get_settings(netdev, &ecmd)) {
                lport->link_supported_speeds &=
                        ~(FC_PORTSPEED_1GBIT | FC_PORTSPEED_10GBIT);
                if (ecmd.supported & (SUPPORTED_1000baseT_Half |
                        "this interface\n");
                return -EIO;
        }
+       rtnl_lock();
        mutex_lock(&bnx2fc_dev_lock);
        vn_port = bnx2fc_if_create(interface, &vport->dev, 1);
        mutex_unlock(&bnx2fc_dev_lock);
+       rtnl_unlock();
 
        if (IS_ERR(vn_port)) {
                printk(KERN_ERR PFX "bnx2fc_vport_create (%s) failed\n",
 
        struct net_device *netdev = fcoe_netdev(lport);
        struct ethtool_cmd ecmd;
 
-       if (!dev_ethtool_get_settings(netdev, &ecmd)) {
+       if (!__ethtool_get_settings(netdev, &ecmd)) {
                lport->link_supported_speeds &=
                        ~(FC_PORTSPEED_1GBIT | FC_PORTSPEED_10GBIT);
                if (ecmd.supported & (SUPPORTED_1000baseT_Half |
        }
 
        mutex_lock(&fcoe_config_mutex);
+       rtnl_lock();
        vn_port = fcoe_if_create(fcoe, &vport->dev, 1);
+       rtnl_unlock();
        mutex_unlock(&fcoe_config_mutex);
 
        if (IS_ERR(vn_port)) {
 
 /* needed by dev_disable_lro() */
 extern int __ethtool_set_flags(struct net_device *dev, u32 flags);
 
+extern int __ethtool_get_settings(struct net_device *dev,
+                                 struct ethtool_cmd *cmd);
+
 /**
  * enum ethtool_phys_id_state - indicator state for physical identification
  * @ETHTOOL_ID_INACTIVE: Physical ID indicator should be deactivated
 
 
 extern struct pernet_operations __net_initdata loopback_net_ops;
 
-int dev_ethtool_get_settings(struct net_device *dev,
-                            struct ethtool_cmd *cmd);
-
 static inline u32 dev_ethtool_get_rx_csum(struct net_device *dev)
 {
        if (dev->features & NETIF_F_RXCSUM)
 
 {
        struct ethtool_cmd cmd;
        u32 speed;
+       int err;
 
-       if (dev_ethtool_get_settings(dev, &cmd))
+       rtnl_lock();
+       err = __ethtool_get_settings(dev, &cmd);
+       rtnl_unlock();
+       if (err)
                return IB_RATE_PORT_CURRENT;
 
        speed = ethtool_cmd_speed(&cmd);
 
                                     struct ethtool_cmd *cmd)
 {
        const struct vlan_dev_info *vlan = vlan_dev_info(dev);
-       return dev_ethtool_get_settings(vlan->real_dev, cmd);
+
+       return __ethtool_get_settings(vlan->real_dev, cmd);
 }
 
 static void vlan_ethtool_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *dev,
 
 {
        struct ethtool_cmd ecmd;
 
-       if (!dev_ethtool_get_settings(dev, &ecmd)) {
+       if (!__ethtool_get_settings(dev, &ecmd)) {
                switch (ethtool_cmd_speed(&ecmd)) {
                case SPEED_10000:
                        return 2;
 
        netif_addr_unlock_bh(dev);
 }
 
-/**
- *     dev_ethtool_get_settings - call device's ethtool_ops::get_settings()
- *     @dev: device
- *     @cmd: memory area for ethtool_ops::get_settings() result
- *
- *      The cmd arg is initialized properly (cleared and
- *      ethtool_cmd::cmd field set to ETHTOOL_GSET).
- *
- *     Return device's ethtool_ops::get_settings() result value or
- *     -EOPNOTSUPP when device doesn't expose
- *     ethtool_ops::get_settings() operation.
- */
-int dev_ethtool_get_settings(struct net_device *dev,
-                            struct ethtool_cmd *cmd)
-{
-       if (!dev->ethtool_ops || !dev->ethtool_ops->get_settings)
-               return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-
-       memset(cmd, 0, sizeof(struct ethtool_cmd));
-       cmd->cmd = ETHTOOL_GSET;
-       return dev->ethtool_ops->get_settings(dev, cmd);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_ethtool_get_settings);
-
 /**
  *     dev_get_flags - get flags reported to userspace
  *     @dev: device
 
        return 0;
 }
 
-static int ethtool_get_settings(struct net_device *dev, void __user *useraddr)
+int __ethtool_get_settings(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_cmd *cmd)
 {
-       struct ethtool_cmd cmd = { .cmd = ETHTOOL_GSET };
-       int err;
+       ASSERT_RTNL();
 
-       if (!dev->ethtool_ops->get_settings)
+       if (!dev->ethtool_ops || !dev->ethtool_ops->get_settings)
                return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-       err = dev->ethtool_ops->get_settings(dev, &cmd);
+       memset(cmd, 0, sizeof(struct ethtool_cmd));
+       cmd->cmd = ETHTOOL_GSET;
+       return dev->ethtool_ops->get_settings(dev, cmd);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__ethtool_get_settings);
+
+static int ethtool_get_settings(struct net_device *dev, void __user *useraddr)
+{
+       int err;
+       struct ethtool_cmd cmd;
+
+       err = __ethtool_get_settings(dev, &cmd);
        if (err < 0)
                return err;
 
 
 
        if (netif_running(netdev)) {
                struct ethtool_cmd cmd;
-               if (!dev_ethtool_get_settings(netdev, &cmd))
+               if (!__ethtool_get_settings(netdev, &cmd))
                        ret = sprintf(buf, fmt_udec, ethtool_cmd_speed(&cmd));
        }
        rtnl_unlock();
 
        if (netif_running(netdev)) {
                struct ethtool_cmd cmd;
-               if (!dev_ethtool_get_settings(netdev, &cmd))
+               if (!__ethtool_get_settings(netdev, &cmd))
                        ret = sprintf(buf, "%s\n",
                                      cmd.duplex ? "full" : "half");
        }
 
 {
        struct net_device *dev;
        unsigned int mbits = 0, msec = 0, div = 0, tmo = 0;
+       struct ethtool_cmd ecmd;
+       int err;
 
-       dev = dev_get_by_index(sock_net(&po->sk), po->ifindex);
-       if (unlikely(dev == NULL))
+       rtnl_lock();
+       dev = __dev_get_by_index(sock_net(&po->sk), po->ifindex);
+       if (unlikely(!dev)) {
+               rtnl_unlock();
                return DEFAULT_PRB_RETIRE_TOV;
-
-       if (dev->ethtool_ops && dev->ethtool_ops->get_settings) {
-               struct ethtool_cmd ecmd = { .cmd = ETHTOOL_GSET, };
-
-               if (!dev->ethtool_ops->get_settings(dev, &ecmd)) {
-                       switch (ecmd.speed) {
-                       case SPEED_10000:
-                               msec = 1;
-                               div = 10000/1000;
-                               break;
-                       case SPEED_1000:
-                               msec = 1;
-                               div = 1000/1000;
-                               break;
-                       /*
-                        * If the link speed is so slow you don't really
-                        * need to worry about perf anyways
-                        */
-                       case SPEED_100:
-                       case SPEED_10:
-                       default:
-                               return DEFAULT_PRB_RETIRE_TOV;
-                       }
+       }
+       err = __ethtool_get_settings(dev, &ecmd);
+       rtnl_unlock();
+       if (!err) {
+               switch (ecmd.speed) {
+               case SPEED_10000:
+                       msec = 1;
+                       div = 10000/1000;
+                       break;
+               case SPEED_1000:
+                       msec = 1;
+                       div = 1000/1000;
+                       break;
+               /*
+                * If the link speed is so slow you don't really
+                * need to worry about perf anyways
+                */
+               case SPEED_100:
+               case SPEED_10:
+               default:
+                       return DEFAULT_PRB_RETIRE_TOV;
                }
        }