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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt
index 37869295fc7..9f7be9b7785 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt
@@ -95,9 +95,13 @@ dev->set_multicast_list:
Synchronization: netif_tx_lock spinlock.
Context: BHs disabled
-dev->poll:
- Synchronization: __LINK_STATE_RX_SCHED bit in dev->state. See
- dev_close code and comments in net/core/dev.c for more info.
+struct napi_struct synchronization rules
+========================================
+napi->poll:
+ Synchronization: NAPI_STATE_SCHED bit in napi->state. Device
+ driver's dev->close method will invoke napi_disable() on
+ all NAPI instances which will do a sleeping poll on the
+ NAPI_STATE_SCHED napi->state bit, waiting for all pending
+ NAPI activity to cease.
Context: softirq
will be called with interrupts disabled by netconsole.
-