Merge branch 'linus' into tracing/core

Merge reason: Pick up kernel/softirq.c update for dependent fix.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ieee802154.txt b/Documentation/networking/ieee802154.txt
index a0280ad..23c995e 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ieee802154.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ieee802154.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ int sd = socket(PF_IEEE802154, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
 .....
 
 The address family, socket addresses etc. are defined in the
-include/net/ieee802154/af_ieee802154.h header or in the special header
+include/net/af_ieee802154.h header or in the special header
 in our userspace package (see either linux-zigbee sourceforge download page
 or git tree at git://linux-zigbee.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/linux-zigbee).
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ MLME - MAC Level Management
 ============================
 
 Most of IEEE 802.15.4 MLME interfaces are directly mapped on netlink commands.
-See the include/net/ieee802154/nl802154.h header. Our userspace tools package
+See the include/net/nl802154.h header. Our userspace tools package
 (see above) provides CLI configuration utility for radio interfaces and simple
 coordinator for IEEE 802.15.4 networks as an example users of MLME protocol.
 
@@ -54,10 +54,14 @@ Those types of devices require different approach to be hooked into Linux kernel
 HardMAC
 =======
 
-See the header include/net/ieee802154/netdevice.h. You have to implement Linux
+See the header include/net/ieee802154_netdev.h. You have to implement Linux
 net_device, with .type = ARPHRD_IEEE802154. Data is exchanged with socket family
-code via plain sk_buffs. The control block of sk_buffs will contain additional
-info as described in the struct ieee802154_mac_cb.
+code via plain sk_buffs. On skb reception skb->cb must contain additional
+info as described in the struct ieee802154_mac_cb. During packet transmission
+the skb->cb is used to provide additional data to device's header_ops->create
+function. Be aware, that this data can be overriden later (when socket code
+submits skb to qdisc), so if you need something from that cb later, you should
+store info in the skb->data on your own.
 
 To hook the MLME interface you have to populate the ml_priv field of your
 net_device with a pointer to struct ieee802154_mlme_ops instance. All fields are
@@ -69,8 +73,8 @@ We provide an example of simple HardMAC driver at drivers/ieee802154/fakehard.c
 SoftMAC
 =======
 
-We are going to provide intermediate layer impelementing IEEE 802.15.4 MAC
+We are going to provide intermediate layer implementing IEEE 802.15.4 MAC
 in software. This is currently WIP.
 
-See header include/net/ieee802154/mac802154.h and several drivers in
-drivers/ieee802154/
+See header include/net/mac802154.h and several drivers in drivers/ieee802154/.
+