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doc, net: Update netdev operation names

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Commits d314774cf2 ('netdev: network
device operations infrastructure') and
008298231a ('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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Ben Hutchings
2012-04-05 14:39:47 +00:00
committed by David S. Miller
parent 04fd3d3515
commit b3cf65457f
2 changed files with 14 additions and 14 deletions
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Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt
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@@ -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.