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| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/dev.c | 35 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index f036ccb61da4..186c6b07c60c 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -4131,30 +4131,25 @@ struct netdev_queue *netdev_core_pick_tx(struct net_device *dev, } /** - * __dev_queue_xmit - transmit a buffer - * @skb: buffer to transmit - * @sb_dev: suboordinate device used for L2 forwarding offload - * - * 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. + * __dev_queue_xmit() - transmit a buffer + * @skb: buffer to transmit + * @sb_dev: suboordinate device used for L2 forwarding offload * - * 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. + * 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. * - * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - * 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. + * 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. * - * 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.) + * 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 + * Return: + * * 0 - buffer successfully transmitted + * * positive qdisc return code - NET_XMIT_DROP etc. + * * negative errno - other errors */ int __dev_queue_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *sb_dev) { |