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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-10-11 19:40:14 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-10-11 19:40:14 -0700 |
commit | 038a5008b2f395c85e6e71d6ddf3c684e7c405b0 (patch) | |
tree | 4735eab577e97e5a22c3141e3f60071c8065585e /Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt | |
parent | dd6d1844af33acb4edd0a40b1770d091a22c94be (diff) | |
parent | 266918303226cceac7eca38ced30f15f277bd89c (diff) |
Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
* 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (867 commits)
[SKY2]: status polling loop (post merge)
[NET]: Fix NAPI completion handling in some drivers.
[TCP]: Limit processing lost_retrans loop to work-to-do cases
[TCP]: Fix lost_retrans loop vs fastpath problems
[TCP]: No need to re-count fackets_out/sacked_out at RTO
[TCP]: Extract tcp_match_queue_to_sack from sacktag code
[TCP]: Kill almost unused variable pcount from sacktag
[TCP]: Fix mark_head_lost to ignore R-bit when trying to mark L
[TCP]: Add bytes_acked (ABC) clearing to FRTO too
[IPv6]: Update setsockopt(IPV6_MULTICAST_IF) to support RFC 3493, try2
[NETFILTER]: x_tables: add missing ip6t_modulename aliases
[NETFILTER]: nf_conntrack_tcp: fix connection reopening
[QETH]: fix qeth_main.c
[NETLINK]: fib_frontend build fixes
[IPv6]: Export userland ND options through netlink (RDNSS support)
[9P]: build fix with !CONFIG_SYSCTL
[NET]: Fix dev_put() and dev_hold() comments
[NET]: make netlink user -> kernel interface synchronious
[NET]: unify netlink kernel socket recognition
[NET]: cleanup 3rd argument in netlink_sendskb
...
Fix up conflicts manually in Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
and my new least favourite crap, the "mod_devicetable" support in the
files include/linux/mod_devicetable.h and scripts/mod/file2alias.c.
(The latter files seem to be explicitly _designed_ to get conflicts when
different subsystems work with them - that have an absolutely horrid
lack of subsystem separation!)
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt | 15 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt index 37869295fc7..d0f71fc7f78 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. @@ -95,9 +96,13 @@ dev->set_multicast_list: Synchronization: netif_tx_lock spinlock. Context: BHs disabled -dev->poll: - Synchronization: __LINK_STATE_RX_SCHED bit in dev->state. See - dev_close code and comments in net/core/dev.c for more info. +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 + 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. - |