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authorBen Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>2012-04-05 14:39:47 +0000
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2012-04-06 02:43:12 -0400
commitb3cf65457fc0c8d183bdb9bc4358e5706aa63cc5 (patch)
treeca499f8c186b35d7ae035810f4592e783c8ce0d0 /Documentation
parent04fd3d3515612b71f96b851db7888bfe58ef2142 (diff)
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/driver.txt12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt16
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/driver.txt b/Documentation/networking/driver.txt
index 03283daa64f..83ce06080ce 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/driver.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/driver.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Document about softnet driver issues
Transmit path guidelines:
-1) The hard_start_xmit method must never return '1' under any
+1) The ndo_start_xmit method must never return '1' under any
normal circumstances. It is considered a hard error unless
there is no way your device can tell ahead of time when it's
transmit function will become busy.
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ Transmit path guidelines:
2) Do not forget to update netdev->trans_start to jiffies after
each new tx packet is given to the hardware.
-3) A hard_start_xmit method must not modify the shared parts of a
+3) An ndo_start_xmit method must not modify the shared parts of a
cloned SKB.
-4) Do not forget that once you return 0 from your hard_start_xmit
+4) Do not forget that once you return 0 from your ndo_start_xmit
method, it is your driver's responsibility to free up the SKB
and in some finite amount of time.
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Transmit path guidelines:
This error can deadlock sockets waiting for send buffer room
to be freed up.
- If you return 1 from the hard_start_xmit method, you must not keep
+ If you return 1 from the ndo_start_xmit method, you must not keep
any reference to that SKB and you must not attempt to free it up.
Probing guidelines:
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ Probing guidelines:
Close/stop guidelines:
-1) After the dev->stop routine has been called, the hardware must
+1) After the ndo_stop routine has been called, the hardware must
not receive or transmit any data. All in flight packets must
be aborted. If necessary, poll or wait for completion of
any reset commands.
-2) The dev->stop routine will be called by unregister_netdevice
+2) The ndo_stop routine will be called by unregister_netdevice
if device is still UP.
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt
index b107733cfdc..c7ecc708049 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.