Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=5ecc2a5d3e3c39535d2cc10dad15853e9e9b072d Commit: 5ecc2a5d3e3c39535d2cc10dad15853e9e9b072d Parent: 478f8d2ba56b40ad1c17e21c1503669b83c96e8e Author: Michael Buesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AuthorDate: Tue Oct 2 12:17:56 2007 +0200 Committer: David S. Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CommitDate: Wed Oct 10 16:54:21 2007 -0700
[MAC80211]: Update beacon_update callback documentation Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- include/net/mac80211.h | 9 ++++++++- 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h index 9bc03f0..5fcc4c1 100644 --- a/include/net/mac80211.h +++ b/include/net/mac80211.h @@ -996,7 +996,14 @@ enum ieee80211_erp_change_flags { * * @beacon_update: Setup beacon data for IBSS beacons. Unlike access point, * IBSS uses a fixed beacon frame which is configured using this - * function. This handler is required only for IBSS mode. + * function. + * If the driver returns success (0) from this callback, it owns + * the skb. That means the driver is responsible to kfree_skb() it. + * The control structure is not dynamically allocated. That means the + * driver does not own the pointer and if it needs it somewhere + * outside of the context of this function, it must copy it + * somewhere else. + * This handler is required only for IBSS mode. * * @tx_last_beacon: Determine whether the last IBSS beacon was sent by us. * This is needed only for IBSS mode and the result of this function is - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git-commits-head" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html