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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/skbuff.h | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h index 6aae83890520..6f69b3f914fb 100644 --- a/include/linux/skbuff.h +++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h @@ -2531,6 +2531,10 @@ static inline void sw_tx_timestamp(struct sk_buff *skb) * Ethernet MAC Drivers should call this function in their hard_xmit() * function immediately before giving the sk_buff to the MAC hardware. * + * Specifically, one should make absolutely sure that this function is + * called before TX completion of this packet can trigger. Otherwise + * the packet could potentially already be freed. + * * @skb: A socket buffer. */ static inline void skb_tx_timestamp(struct sk_buff *skb) |