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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt | 20 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/rxrpc.txt | 21 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt b/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt index 9d05ed7f7da5..f20c884c048a 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/dsa/dsa.txt @@ -587,26 +587,6 @@ of DSA, would be the its port-based VLAN, used by the associated bridge device. TODO ==== -The platform device problem ---------------------------- -DSA is currently implemented as a platform device driver which is far from ideal -as was discussed in this thread: - -http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/329848 - -This basically prevents the device driver model to be properly used and applied, -and support non-MDIO, non-MMIO Ethernet connected switches. - -Another problem with the platform device driver approach is that it prevents the -use of a modular switch drivers build due to a circular dependency, illustrated -here: - -http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/345803 - -Attempts of reworking this has been done here: - -https://lwn.net/Articles/643149/ - Making SWITCHDEV and DSA converge towards an unified codebase ------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/networking/rxrpc.txt b/Documentation/networking/rxrpc.txt index 16a924c486bf..70c926ae212d 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/rxrpc.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/rxrpc.txt @@ -790,13 +790,12 @@ The kernel interface functions are as follows: Data messages can have their contents extracted with the usual bunch of socket buffer manipulation functions. A data message can be determined to be the last one in a sequence with rxrpc_kernel_is_data_last(). When a - data message has been used up, rxrpc_kernel_data_delivered() should be - called on it.. + data message has been used up, rxrpc_kernel_data_consumed() should be + called on it. - Non-data messages should be handled to rxrpc_kernel_free_skb() to dispose - of. It is possible to get extra refs on all types of message for later - freeing, but this may pin the state of a call until the message is finally - freed. + Messages should be handled to rxrpc_kernel_free_skb() to dispose of. It + is possible to get extra refs on all types of message for later freeing, + but this may pin the state of a call until the message is finally freed. (*) Accept an incoming call. @@ -821,12 +820,14 @@ The kernel interface functions are as follows: Other errors may be returned if the call had been aborted (-ECONNABORTED) or had timed out (-ETIME). - (*) Record the delivery of a data message and free it. + (*) Record the delivery of a data message. - void rxrpc_kernel_data_delivered(struct sk_buff *skb); + void rxrpc_kernel_data_consumed(struct rxrpc_call *call, + struct sk_buff *skb); - This is used to record a data message as having been delivered and to - update the ACK state for the call. The socket buffer will be freed. + This is used to record a data message as having been consumed and to + update the ACK state for the call. The message must still be passed to + rxrpc_kernel_free_skb() for disposal by the caller. (*) Free a message. |