Merge branch 'core/irq_work' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frederi...

[karo-tx-linux.git] / Documentation / networking / netdevices.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt
index 89358341682a1290879d26b854c1527991b54768..c7ecc7080494da43fc469eac5b62b06905c13559 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt
@@ -47,26 +47,25 @@ 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
-       Note1: netif_running() is guaranteed false
-       Note2: dev->poll() is guaranteed to be stopped
+       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:
-       Synchronization: netif_tx_lock spinlock.
+ndo_start_xmit:
+       Synchronization: __netif_tx_lock spinlock.
 
        When the driver sets NETIF_F_LLTX in dev->features this will be
        called without holding netif_tx_lock. In this case the driver
@@ -87,20 +86,20 @@ dev->hard_start_xmit:
        o NETDEV_TX_LOCKED Locking failed, please retry quickly.
          Only valid when NETIF_F_LLTX is set.
 
-dev->tx_timeout:
-       Synchronization: netif_tx_lock spinlock.
+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:
-       Synchronization: netif_tx_lock spinlock.
+ndo_set_rx_mode:
+       Synchronization: netif_addr_lock spinlock.
        Context: BHs disabled
 
 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.