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authorSteven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>2006-06-20 11:19:40 -0400
committerSteven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>2006-06-20 11:19:40 -0400
commitd636b2798732f2cfba48d94aa19b7ba206268a83 (patch)
tree40dc52126ab5a1570a000321d93ca4bb03312684 /Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt
parent9f5aa2a921797ce6eb4542c7517915bd1d5fbd0b (diff)
parent25f42b6af09e34c3f92107b36b5aa6edc2fdba2f (diff)
Merge branch 'master'
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt
index 3c0a5ba614d7..847cedb238f6 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ dev->get_stats:
42 Context: nominally process, but don't sleep inside an rwlock 42 Context: nominally process, but don't sleep inside an rwlock
43 43
44dev->hard_start_xmit: 44dev->hard_start_xmit:
45 Synchronization: dev->xmit_lock spinlock. 45 Synchronization: netif_tx_lock spinlock.
46 When the driver sets NETIF_F_LLTX in dev->features this will be 46 When the driver sets NETIF_F_LLTX in dev->features this will be
47 called without holding xmit_lock. In this case the driver 47 called without holding netif_tx_lock. In this case the driver
48 has to lock by itself when needed. It is recommended to use a try lock 48 has to lock by itself when needed. It is recommended to use a try lock
49 for this and return -1 when the spin lock fails. 49 for this and return -1 when the spin lock fails.
50 The locking there should also properly protect against 50 The locking there should also properly protect against
@@ -62,12 +62,12 @@ dev->hard_start_xmit:
62 Only valid when NETIF_F_LLTX is set. 62 Only valid when NETIF_F_LLTX is set.
63 63
64dev->tx_timeout: 64dev->tx_timeout:
65 Synchronization: dev->xmit_lock spinlock. 65 Synchronization: netif_tx_lock spinlock.
66 Context: BHs disabled 66 Context: BHs disabled
67 Notes: netif_queue_stopped() is guaranteed true 67 Notes: netif_queue_stopped() is guaranteed true
68 68
69dev->set_multicast_list: 69dev->set_multicast_list:
70 Synchronization: dev->xmit_lock spinlock. 70 Synchronization: netif_tx_lock spinlock.
71 Context: BHs disabled 71 Context: BHs disabled
72 72
73dev->poll: 73dev->poll: