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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
index 1202b4c74da7..09f09ea7a5e5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
@@ -432,7 +432,12 @@ unsupported_flow:
ret = -EINVAL;
}
- /* The buffer allocated here is freed by the i40e_clean_tx_ring() */
+ /* The buffer allocated here will be normally be freed by
+ * i40e_clean_fdir_tx_irq() as it reclaims resources after transmit
+ * completion. In the event of an error adding the buffer to the FDIR
+ * ring, it will immediately be freed. It may also be freed by
+ * i40e_clean_tx_ring() when closing the VSI.
+ */
return ret;
}