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Date: Tue, 13 May 2025 03:34:41 UTC
The branch main has been updated by adrian:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=a3fcd76e807648e4069e73e0a607687c26fadc3d
commit a3fcd76e807648e4069e73e0a607687c26fadc3d
Author: Adrian Chadd <adrian@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2025-05-13 03:32:17 +0000
Commit: Adrian Chadd <adrian@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2025-05-13 03:32:17 +0000
net80211: document ieee80211_free_mbuf()
Document what ieee80211_free_mbuf() does. In particular, it handles
freeing a list of mbufs, as an 802.11 "frame" passed to drivers may be
a chain of 802.11 encapsulated fragmented frames.
Reviewed by: bz
---
sys/net80211/ieee80211_output.c | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/sys/net80211/ieee80211_output.c b/sys/net80211/ieee80211_output.c
index da7719b16dba..506c90991800 100644
--- a/sys/net80211/ieee80211_output.c
+++ b/sys/net80211/ieee80211_output.c
@@ -1945,6 +1945,15 @@ bad:
#undef MC01
}
+/**
+ * @brief Free an 802.11 frame mbuf.
+ *
+ * Note that since a "frame" may consist of an mbuf packet
+ * list containing the 802.11 fragments that make up said
+ * frame, it will free everything in the mbuf packet list.
+ *
+ * @param m mbuf packet list to free
+ */
void
ieee80211_free_mbuf(struct mbuf *m)
{