Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6

[cascardo/linux.git] / Documentation / networking / driver.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/driver.txt b/Documentation/networking/driver.txt
index 4f7da5a..ea72d2e 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/networking/driver.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/driver.txt
@@ -61,7 +61,10 @@ Transmit path guidelines:
 2) Do not forget to update netdev->trans_start to jiffies after
    each new tx packet is given to the hardware.
 
-3) Do not forget that once you return 0 from your hard_start_xmit
+3) A hard_start_xmit method must not modify the shared parts of a
+   cloned SKB.
+
+4) Do not forget that once you return 0 from your hard_start_xmit
    method, it is your driver's responsibility to free up the SKB
    and in some finite amount of time.