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| author | Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de> | 2007-10-02 12:17:56 +0200 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net> | 2007-10-10 16:54:21 -0700 |
| commit | 5ecc2a5d3e3c39535d2cc10dad15853e9e9b072d (patch) | |
| tree | fd2efdb71863b6a7c0c8106477d7df7a5a8fb2e0 /include | |
| parent | 478f8d2ba56b40ad1c17e21c1503669b83c96e8e (diff) | |
[MAC80211]: Update beacon_update callback documentation
Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
| -rw-r--r-- | 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 9bc03f053af..5fcc4c10434 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 |