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author | Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com> | 2006-06-20 08:59:45 -0400 |
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committer | Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com> | 2006-06-20 08:59:45 -0400 |
commit | d59bf96cdde5b874a57bfd1425faa45da915d0b7 (patch) | |
tree | 351a40b72514d620e5bebea2de38c26f23277ffc /Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt | |
parent | 28df955a2ad484d602314b30183ea8496a9aa34a (diff) | |
parent | 25f42b6af09e34c3f92107b36b5aa6edc2fdba2f (diff) |
Merge branch 'master' of /home/trondmy/kernel/linux-2.6/
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
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 | ||
44 | dev->hard_start_xmit: | 44 | dev->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 | ||
64 | dev->tx_timeout: | 64 | dev->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 | ||
69 | dev->set_multicast_list: | 69 | dev->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 | ||
73 | dev->poll: | 73 | dev->poll: |