}
/**
- * __dev_queue_xmit - transmit a buffer
- * @skb: buffer to transmit
- * @sb_dev: suboordinate device used for L2 forwarding offload
- *
- * Queue a buffer for transmission to a network device. The caller must
- * have set the device and priority and built the buffer before calling
- * this function. The function can be called from an interrupt.
+ * __dev_queue_xmit() - transmit a buffer
+ * @skb: buffer to transmit
+ * @sb_dev: suboordinate device used for L2 forwarding offload
*
- * A negative errno code is returned on a failure. A success does not
- * guarantee the frame will be transmitted as it may be dropped due
- * to congestion or traffic shaping.
+ * Queue a buffer for transmission to a network device. The caller must
+ * have set the device and priority and built the buffer before calling
+ * this function. The function can be called from an interrupt.
*
- * -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * I notice this method can also return errors from the queue disciplines,
- * including NET_XMIT_DROP, which is a positive value. So, errors can also
- * be positive.
+ * When calling this method, interrupts MUST be enabled. This is because
+ * the BH enable code must have IRQs enabled so that it will not deadlock.
*
- * Regardless of the return value, the skb is consumed, so it is currently
- * difficult to retry a send to this method. (You can bump the ref count
- * before sending to hold a reference for retry if you are careful.)
+ * Regardless of the return value, the skb is consumed, so it is currently
+ * difficult to retry a send to this method. (You can bump the ref count
+ * before sending to hold a reference for retry if you are careful.)
*
- * When calling this method, interrupts MUST be enabled. This is because
- * the BH enable code must have IRQs enabled so that it will not deadlock.
- * --BLG
+ * Return:
+ * * 0 - buffer successfully transmitted
+ * * positive qdisc return code - NET_XMIT_DROP etc.
+ * * negative errno - other errors
*/
int __dev_queue_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *sb_dev)
{