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Diffstat (limited to 'net')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/dev.c | 51 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index ad5598d2bb3..65eea83613e 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -1645,32 +1645,6 @@ out_kfree_skb: return 0; } -/** - * dev_queue_xmit - transmit a buffer - * @skb: buffer to transmit - * - * Queue a buffer for transmission to a network device. The caller must - * have set the device and priority and built the buffer before calling - * this function. The function can be called from an interrupt. - * - * 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 - */ - static u32 simple_tx_hashrnd; static int simple_tx_hashrnd_initialized = 0; @@ -1738,6 +1712,31 @@ static struct netdev_queue *dev_pick_tx(struct net_device *dev, return netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, queue_index); } +/** + * dev_queue_xmit - transmit a buffer + * @skb: buffer to transmit + * + * Queue a buffer for transmission to a network device. The caller must + * have set the device and priority and built the buffer before calling + * this function. The function can be called from an interrupt. + * + * 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) { struct net_device *dev = skb->dev; |