Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt

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   2 Network Devices, the Kernel, and You!
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   5 Introduction
   6 ============
   7 The following is a random collection of documentation regarding
   8 network devices.
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  12 struct net_device synchronization rules
  13 =======================================
  14 dev->open:
  15         Locking: Inside rtnl_lock() semaphore.
  16         Sleeping: OK
  17
  18 dev->stop:
  19         Locking: Inside rtnl_lock() semaphore.
  20         Sleeping: OK
  21
  22 dev->do_ioctl:
  23         Locking: Inside rtnl_lock() semaphore.
  24         Sleeping: OK
  25
  26 dev->get_stats:
  27         Locking: Inside dev_base_lock spinlock.
  28         Sleeping: NO
  29
  30 dev->hard_start_xmit:
  31         Locking: Inside dev->xmit_lock spinlock.
  32         Sleeping: NO
  33
  34 dev->tx_timeout:
  35         Locking: Inside dev->xmit_lock spinlock.
  36         Sleeping: NO
  37
  38 dev->set_multicast_list:
  39         Locking: Inside dev->xmit_lock spinlock.
  40         Sleeping: NO
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