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Authored by Michael Buesch
Committed by David S. Miller
1 parent 478f8d2ba5
Exists in master and in 7 other branches imx_3.0.35_4.1.0, imx_3.10.17_1.0.1_ga, imx_3.10.53_1.1.0_ga, imx_3.14.28_1.0.0_ga, smarc-imx_3.10.53_1.1.0_ga, smarc-imx_3.14.28_1.0.0_ga, smarc-l5.0.0_1.0.0-ga

[MAC80211]: Update beacon_update callback documentation 

Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

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include/net/mac80211.h
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996 996 *
997 997 * @beacon_update: Setup beacon data for IBSS beacons. Unlike access point,
998 998 * IBSS uses a fixed beacon frame which is configured using this
999   - * function. This handler is required only for IBSS mode.
  999 + * function.
  1000 + * If the driver returns success (0) from this callback, it owns
  1001 + * the skb. That means the driver is responsible to kfree_skb() it.
  1002 + * The control structure is not dynamically allocated. That means the
  1003 + * driver does not own the pointer and if it needs it somewhere
  1004 + * outside of the context of this function, it must copy it
  1005 + * somewhere else.
  1006 + * This handler is required only for IBSS mode.
1000 1007 *
1001 1008 * @tx_last_beacon: Determine whether the last IBSS beacon was sent by us.
1002 1009 * This is needed only for IBSS mode and the result of this function is