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authorSteve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com>2008-04-15 18:38:29 +0000
committerSteve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com>2008-04-15 18:38:29 +0000
commite48d199ba10bb8267f491a3a585ca4a833e950a4 (patch)
treec7d308a42479c8f21aaef889abfa004b0f1bb482 /include/linux/virtio.h
parentcce246ee5f3c7f4d3539ea41d13feb7a07859145 (diff)
parent0de19a456cb59106420864927fdec152310f70b6 (diff)
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Merge branch 'master' of /pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6
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diff --git a/include/linux/virtio.h b/include/linux/virtio.h
index 12c18ac..e7d1084 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio.h
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ struct virtqueue
* Returns NULL or the "data" token handed to add_buf.
* @disable_cb: disable callbacks
* vq: the struct virtqueue we're talking about.
+ * Note that this is not necessarily synchronous, hence unreliable and only
+ * useful as an optimization.
* @enable_cb: restart callbacks after disable_cb.
* vq: the struct virtqueue we're talking about.
* This re-enables callbacks; it returns "false" if there are pending
@@ -48,7 +50,8 @@ struct virtqueue
* checking for more work, and enabling callbacks.
*
* Locking rules are straightforward: the driver is responsible for
- * locking. No two operations may be invoked simultaneously.
+ * locking. No two operations may be invoked simultaneously, with the exception
+ * of @disable_cb.
*
* All operations can be called in any context.
*/
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