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-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt3
-rw-r--r--include/linux/netdevice.h3
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt
index 9f7be9b7785e..d0f71fc7f782 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ dev->hard_start_xmit:
has to lock by itself when needed. It is recommended to use a try lock
for this and return NETDEV_TX_LOCKED when the spin lock fails.
The locking there should also properly protect against
- set_multicast_list.
+ set_multicast_list. Note that the use of NETIF_F_LLTX is deprecated.
+ Dont use it for new drivers.
Context: Process with BHs disabled or BH (timer),
will be called with interrupts disabled by netconsole.
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index baa915f0d285..2088097663b5 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -449,7 +449,8 @@ struct net_device
#define NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_FILTER 512 /* Receive filtering on VLAN */
#define NETIF_F_VLAN_CHALLENGED 1024 /* Device cannot handle VLAN packets */
#define NETIF_F_GSO 2048 /* Enable software GSO. */
-#define NETIF_F_LLTX 4096 /* LockLess TX */
+#define NETIF_F_LLTX 4096 /* LockLess TX - deprecated. Please */
+ /* do not use LLTX in new drivers */
#define NETIF_F_NETNS_LOCAL 8192 /* Does not change network namespaces */
#define NETIF_F_MULTI_QUEUE 16384 /* Has multiple TX/RX queues */
#define NETIF_F_LRO 32768 /* large receive offload */