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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst index 857c9784f87e..1d37038e9fbe 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst @@ -297,3 +297,13 @@ napi->poll: Context: softirq will be called with interrupts disabled by netconsole. + +NETDEV_INTERNAL symbol namespace +================================ + +Symbols exported as NETDEV_INTERNAL can only be used in networking +core and drivers which exclusively flow via the main networking list and trees. +Note that the inverse is not true, most symbols outside of NETDEV_INTERNAL +are not expected to be used by random code outside netdev either. +Symbols may lack the designation because they predate the namespaces, +or simply due to an oversight. |