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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2008-01-18 14:06:44 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2008-01-18 14:06:44 -0800
commit8b2d1833a29e9dc8bccad348396ad08666379d77 (patch)
treea7bb3bb922bb744934cc0d0bcce043ad8129ab0e /Documentation
parentc9daa2722a3f1967e3e9750fd4cb6a7352a3cd63 (diff)
parentba596a01886b236c8171fc28d53842da0128224e (diff)
Merge branch 'upstream-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/netdev-2.6
* 'upstream-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/netdev-2.6: (31 commits) Replace cpmac fix dl2k: the rest dl2k: MSCR, MSSR, ESR, PHY_SCR fixes dl2k: BMSR fixes dl2k: ANAR, ANLPAR fixes dl2k: BMCR_t fixes 3c574, 3c515 bitfields abuse sbni endian fixes wan/lmc bitfields fixes dscc4 endian fixes S2io: Fixed synchronization between scheduling of napi with card reset and close atl1: fix frame length bug Documentation: add a guideline for hard_start_xmit method Revert "sky2: remove check for PCI wakeup setting from BIOS" e1000e Kconfig: remove ref to nonexistant docs bonding: Don't hold lock when calling rtnl_unlock bonding: fix lock ordering for rtnl and bonding_rwsem bonding: Fix up parameter parsing bonding: release slaves when master removed via sysfs bonding: fix locking during alb failover and slave removal ...
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/driver.txt5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/driver.txt b/Documentation/networking/driver.txt
index 4f7da5a2bf4..ea72d2e66ca 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/driver.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/driver.txt
@@ -61,7 +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) Do not forget that once you return 0 from your hard_start_xmit
+3) A hard_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
method, it is your driver's responsibility to free up the SKB
and in some finite amount of time.