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Commit af191367 authored by Ben Greear's avatar Ben Greear Committed by David S. Miller
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[NET]: Document ->hard_start_xmit() locking in comments.

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@@ -1214,6 +1214,19 @@ int __skb_linearize(struct sk_buff *skb, int gfp_mask)
 *	A negative errno code is returned on a failure. A success does not
 *	guarantee the frame will be transmitted as it may be dropped due
 *	to congestion or traffic shaping.
 *
 * -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 *      I notice this method can also return errors from the queue disciplines,
 *      including NET_XMIT_DROP, which is a positive value.  So, errors can also
 *      be positive.
 *
 *      Regardless of the return value, the skb is consumed, so it is currently
 *      difficult to retry a send to this method.  (You can bump the ref count
 *      before sending to hold a reference for retry if you are careful.)
 *
 *      When calling this method, interrupts MUST be enabled.  This is because
 *      the BH enable code must have IRQs enabled so that it will not deadlock.
 *          --BLG
 */

int dev_queue_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb)