net: split out SIOCDEVPRIVATE handling from dev_ioctl

[linux-2.6-microblaze.git] / Documentation / networking / netdevices.rst

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst
index 17bdcb7..02f1faa 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst
@@ -222,6 +222,13 @@ ndo_do_ioctl:
        Synchronization: rtnl_lock() semaphore.
        Context: process
 
+ndo_siocdevprivate:
+       Synchronization: rtnl_lock() semaphore.
+       Context: process
+
+       This is used to implement SIOCDEVPRIVATE ioctl helpers.
+       These should not be added to new drivers, so don't use.
+
 ndo_get_stats:
        Synchronization: rtnl_lock() semaphore, dev_base_lock rwlock, or RCU.
        Context: atomic (can't sleep under rwlock or RCU)