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Diffstat (limited to 'include/net')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/mac80211.h | 15 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h index 9bca2abbf03..9a5869e9ecf 100644 --- a/include/net/mac80211.h +++ b/include/net/mac80211.h @@ -1217,6 +1217,8 @@ enum ieee80211_ampdu_mlme_action { * configuration in the TX control data. This handler should, * preferably, never fail and stop queues appropriately, more * importantly, however, it must never fail for A-MPDU-queues. + * This function should return NETDEV_TX_OK except in very + * limited cases. * Must be implemented and atomic. * * @start: Called before the first netdevice attached to the hardware @@ -1257,9 +1259,12 @@ enum ieee80211_ampdu_mlme_action { * * @config: Handler for configuration requests. IEEE 802.11 code calls this * function to change hardware configuration, e.g., channel. + * This function should never fail but returns a negative error code + * if it does. * * @config_interface: Handler for configuration requests related to interfaces * (e.g. BSSID changes.) + * Returns a negative error code which will be seen in userspace. * * @bss_info_changed: Handler for configuration requests related to BSS * parameters that may vary during BSS's lifespan, and may affect low @@ -1279,6 +1284,7 @@ enum ieee80211_ampdu_mlme_action { * This callback can sleep, and is only called between add_interface * and remove_interface calls, i.e. while the given virtual interface * is enabled. + * Returns a negative error code if the key can't be added. * * @update_tkip_key: See the section "Hardware crypto acceleration" * This callback will be called in the context of Rx. Called for drivers @@ -1290,8 +1296,10 @@ enum ieee80211_ampdu_mlme_action { * bands. When the scan finishes, ieee80211_scan_completed() must be * called; note that it also must be called when the scan cannot finish * because the hardware is turned off! Anything else is a bug! + * Returns a negative error code which will be seen in userspace. * - * @get_stats: return low-level statistics + * @get_stats: Return low-level statistics. + * Returns zero if statistics are available. * * @get_tkip_seq: If your device implements TKIP encryption in hardware this * callback should be provided to read the TKIP transmit IVs (both IV32 @@ -1305,6 +1313,7 @@ enum ieee80211_ampdu_mlme_action { * * @conf_tx: Configure TX queue parameters (EDCF (aifs, cw_min, cw_max), * bursting) for a hardware TX queue. + * Returns a negative error code on failure. * * @get_tx_stats: Get statistics of the current TX queue status. This is used * to get number of currently queued packets (queue length), maximum queue @@ -1324,13 +1333,15 @@ enum ieee80211_ampdu_mlme_action { * @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 * used to determine whether to reply to Probe Requests. + * Returns non-zero if this device sent the last beacon. * * @ampdu_action: Perform a certain A-MPDU action * The RA/TID combination determines the destination and TID we want * the ampdu action to be performed for. The action is defined through * ieee80211_ampdu_mlme_action. Starting sequence number (@ssn) - * is the first frame we expect to perform the action on. notice + * is the first frame we expect to perform the action on. Notice * that TX/RX_STOP can pass NULL for this parameter. + * Returns a negative error code on failure. */ struct ieee80211_ops { int (*tx)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb); |