DEV_REMOVE_PACK

Section: Network device support (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME

dev_remove_pack - remove packet handler  

SYNOPSIS

void dev_remove_pack(struct packet_type * pt);
 

ARGUMENTS

pt

packet type declaration
 

DESCRIPTION

Remove a protocol handler that was previously added to the kernel protocol handlers by dev_add_pack. The passed packet_type is removed from the kernel lists and can be freed or reused once this function returns.

This call sleeps to guarantee that no CPU is looking at the packet type after return.  

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