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-rw-r--r--include/linux/skbuff.h4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 6aae83890520..6f69b3f914fb 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -2531,6 +2531,10 @@ static inline void sw_tx_timestamp(struct sk_buff *skb)
* Ethernet MAC Drivers should call this function in their hard_xmit()
* function immediately before giving the sk_buff to the MAC hardware.
*
+ * Specifically, one should make absolutely sure that this function is
+ * called before TX completion of this packet can trigger. Otherwise
+ * the packet could potentially already be freed.
+ *
* @skb: A socket buffer.
*/
static inline void skb_tx_timestamp(struct sk_buff *skb)