From aa77d26961fa4ecb11fe4209578dcd62ad15819d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Greear Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 20:13:19 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] [NET]: Document ->hard_start_xmit() locking in netdevices.txt Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt index 1509f3aff968..3c0a5ba614d7 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt @@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ dev->hard_start_xmit: set_multicast_list Context: BHs disabled Notes: netif_queue_stopped() is guaranteed false + Interrupts must be enabled when calling hard_start_xmit. + (Interrupts must also be enabled when enabling the BH handler.) Return codes: o NETDEV_TX_OK everything ok. o NETDEV_TX_BUSY Cannot transmit packet, try later