From 73409f3b0ff0ae7bc1f647936b23e6d5d5dcbe28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "David S. Miller" Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2013 13:04:33 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] net: Add some clarification to skb_tx_timestamp() comment. We've seen so many instances of people invoking skb_tx_timestamp() after the device already has been given the packet, that it's worth being a little bit more verbose and explicit in this comment. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- include/linux/skbuff.h | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h index 6aae83890520..6f69b3f914fb 100644 --- a/include/linux/skbuff.h +++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h @@ -2531,6 +2531,10 @@ static inline void sw_tx_timestamp(struct sk_buff *skb) * Ethernet MAC Drivers should call this function in their hard_xmit() * function immediately before giving the sk_buff to the MAC hardware. * + * Specifically, one should make absolutely sure that this function is + * called before TX completion of this packet can trigger. Otherwise + * the packet could potentially already be freed. + * * @skb: A socket buffer. */ static inline void skb_tx_timestamp(struct sk_buff *skb) -- 2.11.0