Man page 9 : ieee80211_rx_irqsafe

ieee80211_rx_irqsafe - receive frame

void ieee80211_rx_irqsafe(struct ieee80211_hw *  hw , struct sk_buff *  skb );

hw
    the hardware this frame came in on

skb
    the buffer to receive, owned by mac80211 after this call

Like ieee80211_rx but can be called in IRQ context (internally defers to a tasklet.)

Calls to this function, ieee80211_rx or ieee80211_rx_ni may not be mixed for a single hardware.Must not run concurrently with ieee80211_tx_status or ieee80211_tx_status_ni.

Johannes Berg <>
    Author.