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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt index b107733cfdcd..c7ecc7080494 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt @@ -47,24 +47,24 @@ packets is preferred. struct net_device synchronization rules ======================================= -dev->open: +ndo_open: Synchronization: rtnl_lock() semaphore. Context: process -dev->stop: +ndo_stop: Synchronization: rtnl_lock() semaphore. Context: process Note: netif_running() is guaranteed false -dev->do_ioctl: +ndo_do_ioctl: Synchronization: rtnl_lock() semaphore. Context: process -dev->get_stats: +ndo_get_stats: Synchronization: dev_base_lock rwlock. Context: nominally process, but don't sleep inside an rwlock -dev->hard_start_xmit: +ndo_start_xmit: Synchronization: __netif_tx_lock spinlock. When the driver sets NETIF_F_LLTX in dev->features this will be @@ -86,12 +86,12 @@ dev->hard_start_xmit: o NETDEV_TX_LOCKED Locking failed, please retry quickly. Only valid when NETIF_F_LLTX is set. -dev->tx_timeout: +ndo_tx_timeout: Synchronization: netif_tx_lock spinlock; all TX queues frozen. Context: BHs disabled Notes: netif_queue_stopped() is guaranteed true -dev->set_rx_mode: +ndo_set_rx_mode: Synchronization: netif_addr_lock spinlock. Context: BHs disabled @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ struct napi_struct synchronization rules ======================================== napi->poll: Synchronization: NAPI_STATE_SCHED bit in napi->state. Device - driver's dev->close method will invoke napi_disable() on + driver's ndo_stop method will invoke napi_disable() on all NAPI instances which will do a sleeping poll on the NAPI_STATE_SCHED napi->state bit, waiting for all pending NAPI activity to cease. |