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| author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2012-04-10 14:30:45 -0400 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2012-04-10 14:30:45 -0400 |
| commit | 06eb4eafbdc0796d741d139a44f1253278da8611 (patch) | |
| tree | fbdb44317130c371928154c9e6903e699fe2b995 /Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt | |
| parent | 32ed53b83ea5ec26a4dba90e18f5e0ff6c71eb48 (diff) | |
| parent | f68e556e23d1a4176b563bcb25d8baf2c5313f91 (diff) | |
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Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt index 89358341682a..c7ecc7080494 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt @@ -47,26 +47,25 @@ 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 - Note1: netif_running() is guaranteed false - Note2: dev->poll() is guaranteed to be stopped + 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: - Synchronization: netif_tx_lock spinlock. +ndo_start_xmit: + Synchronization: __netif_tx_lock spinlock. When the driver sets NETIF_F_LLTX in dev->features this will be called without holding netif_tx_lock. In this case the driver @@ -87,20 +86,20 @@ dev->hard_start_xmit: o NETDEV_TX_LOCKED Locking failed, please retry quickly. Only valid when NETIF_F_LLTX is set. -dev->tx_timeout: - Synchronization: netif_tx_lock spinlock. +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: - Synchronization: netif_tx_lock spinlock. +ndo_set_rx_mode: + Synchronization: netif_addr_lock spinlock. Context: BHs disabled 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. |