netdev - [patch] net: Comment dev_kfree_skb_irq and dev_kfree_skb

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Message-ID: <185527.39512.qm@web52004.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
Date:	Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:13:36 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Matti Linnanvuori <mattilinnanvuori@...oo.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [patch] net: Comment dev_kfree_skb_irq and dev_kfree_skb_any better

From: Matti Linnanvuori <mattilinnanvuori@...oo.com>

Comment dev_kfree_skb_irq and dev_kfree_skb_any better.

Signed-off-by: Matti Linnanvuori <mattilinnanvuori@...oo.com>

---

--- linux-2.6/include/linux/netdevice.h    2008-03-23 09:06:05.264803500 +0200
+++ linux/include/linux/netdevice.h    2008-03-28 17:08:33.568098500 +0200
@@ -1072,12 +1072,14 @@ static inline int netif_is_multiqueue(co
 }
 
 /* Use this variant when it is known for sure that it
- * is executing from interrupt context.
+ * is executing from hardware interrupt context or with hardware interrupts
+ * disabled.
  */
 extern void dev_kfree_skb_irq(struct sk_buff *skb);
 
 /* Use this variant in places where it could be invoked
- * either from interrupt or non-interrupt context.
+ * from either hardware interrupt or other context, with hardware interrupts
+ * either disabled or enabled.
  */
 extern void dev_kfree_skb_any(struct sk_buff *skb);
 





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