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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/netdevice.h | 3 |
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt index 9f7be9b7785e..d0f71fc7f782 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt @@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ dev->hard_start_xmit: has to lock by itself when needed. It is recommended to use a try lock for this and return NETDEV_TX_LOCKED when the spin lock fails. The locking there should also properly protect against - set_multicast_list. + set_multicast_list. Note that the use of NETIF_F_LLTX is deprecated. + Dont use it for new drivers. Context: Process with BHs disabled or BH (timer), will be called with interrupts disabled by netconsole. diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h index baa915f0d285..2088097663b5 100644 --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h @@ -449,7 +449,8 @@ struct net_device #define NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_FILTER 512 /* Receive filtering on VLAN */ #define NETIF_F_VLAN_CHALLENGED 1024 /* Device cannot handle VLAN packets */ #define NETIF_F_GSO 2048 /* Enable software GSO. */ -#define NETIF_F_LLTX 4096 /* LockLess TX */ +#define NETIF_F_LLTX 4096 /* LockLess TX - deprecated. Please */ + /* do not use LLTX in new drivers */ #define NETIF_F_NETNS_LOCAL 8192 /* Does not change network namespaces */ #define NETIF_F_MULTI_QUEUE 16384 /* Has multiple TX/RX queues */ #define NETIF_F_LRO 32768 /* large receive offload */ |