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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst (renamed from Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt) | 21 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst index 7fec2061a334..5a85fcc80c76 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 +===================================== Network Devices, the Kernel, and You! +===================================== Introduction @@ -75,11 +78,12 @@ ndo_start_xmit: Don't use it for new drivers. Context: Process with BHs disabled or BH (timer), - will be called with interrupts disabled by netconsole. + will be called with interrupts disabled by netconsole. - Return codes: - o NETDEV_TX_OK everything ok. - o NETDEV_TX_BUSY Cannot transmit packet, try later + Return codes: + + * NETDEV_TX_OK everything ok. + * NETDEV_TX_BUSY Cannot transmit packet, try later Usually a bug, means queue start/stop flow control is broken in the driver. Note: the driver must NOT put the skb in its DMA ring. @@ -95,10 +99,13 @@ ndo_set_rx_mode: struct napi_struct synchronization rules ======================================== napi->poll: - Synchronization: NAPI_STATE_SCHED bit in napi->state. Device + Synchronization: + NAPI_STATE_SCHED bit in napi->state. Device 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. - Context: softirq - will be called with interrupts disabled by netconsole. + + Context: + softirq + will be called with interrupts disabled by netconsole. |