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-rw-r--r--include/net/mac80211.h5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 1a8f50af49a0..ecaae10426f9 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -1822,7 +1822,10 @@ void ieee80211_restart_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw);
* ieee80211_rx - receive frame
*
* Use this function to hand received frames to mac80211. The receive
- * buffer in @skb must start with an IEEE 802.11 header.
+ * buffer in @skb must start with an IEEE 802.11 header. In case of a
+ * paged @skb is used, the driver is recommended to put the ieee80211
+ * header of the frame on the linear part of the @skb to avoid memory
+ * allocation and/or memcpy by the stack.
*
* This function may not be called in IRQ context. Calls to this function
* for a single hardware must be synchronized against each other. Calls to
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