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authorBen Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>2012-04-05 16:39:47 +0200
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2012-04-06 08:43:12 +0200
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parentdoc, net: Update documentation of synchronisation for TX multiqueue (diff)
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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>
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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.