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| author | Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> | 2006-06-23 06:11:56 +0400 |
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| committer | Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> | 2006-06-23 06:11:56 +0400 |
| commit | 71d530cd1b6d97094481002a04c77fea1c8e1c22 (patch) | |
| tree | e786da7145d83c19a594adf76ed90d52c51058b1 /Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt | |
| parent | d7a80dad2fe19a2b8c119c8e9cba605474a75a2b (diff) | |
| parent | d588fcbe5a7ba8bba2cebf7799ab2d573717a806 (diff) | |
| download | linux-71d530cd1b6d97094481002a04c77fea1c8e1c22.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'master' into upstream
Conflicts:
drivers/scsi/libata-core.c
drivers/scsi/libata-scsi.c
include/linux/pci_ids.h
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: Context: nominally process, but don't sleep inside an rwlock dev->hard_start_xmit: - Synchronization: dev->xmit_lock spinlock. + Synchronization: netif_tx_lock spinlock. When the driver sets NETIF_F_LLTX in dev->features this will be - called without holding xmit_lock. In this case the driver + called without holding netif_tx_lock. In this case the driver has to lock by itself when needed. It is recommended to use a try lock for this and return -1 when the spin lock fails. The locking there should also properly protect against @@ -62,12 +62,12 @@ dev->hard_start_xmit: Only valid when NETIF_F_LLTX is set. dev->tx_timeout: - Synchronization: dev->xmit_lock spinlock. + Synchronization: netif_tx_lock spinlock. Context: BHs disabled Notes: netif_queue_stopped() is guaranteed true dev->set_multicast_list: - Synchronization: dev->xmit_lock spinlock. + Synchronization: netif_tx_lock spinlock. Context: BHs disabled dev->poll: |