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| author |   Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> | 2012-04-05 14:39:47 +0000 |
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| committer |   David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2012-04-06 02:43:12 -0400 |
| commit | b3cf65457fc0c8d183bdb9bc4358e5706aa63cc5 (patch) | |
| tree | ca499f8c186b35d7ae035810f4592e783c8ce0d0 /Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt | |
| parent | doc, net: Update documentation of synchronisation for TX multiqueue (diff) | |
| download | linux-dev-b3cf65457fc0c8d183bdb9bc4358e5706aa63cc5.tar.xz linux-dev-b3cf65457fc0c8d183bdb9bc4358e5706aa63cc5.zip | |
doc, net: Update netdev operation names
Commits d314774cf2cd5dfeb39a00d37deee65d4c627927 ('netdev: network
device operations infrastructure') and
008298231abbeb91bc7be9e8b078607b816d1a4a ('netdev: add more functions
to netdevice ops') moved and renamed net device operation pointers.
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to '')
| -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. |