* 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* Derived from the non IP parts of dev.c 1.0.19
- * Authors: Ross Biro, <bir7@leland.Stanford.Edu>
+ * Authors: Ross Biro
* Fred N. van Kempen, <waltje@uWalt.NL.Mugnet.ORG>
* Mark Evans, <evansmp@uhura.aston.ac.uk>
*
return err;
}
+/**
+ * netdev_features_change - device changes fatures
+ * @dev: device to cause notification
+ *
+ * Called to indicate a device has changed features.
+ */
+void netdev_features_change(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+ notifier_call_chain(&netdev_chain, NETDEV_FEAT_CHANGE, dev);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_features_change);
+
/**
* netdev_state_change - device changes state
* @dev: device to cause notification
* 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)
void synchronize_net(void)
{
might_sleep();
- synchronize_kernel();
+ synchronize_rcu();
}
/**