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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/firewire.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/firewire.h | 12 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/firewire.h b/include/linux/firewire.h index db04ec5121cb..191501afd7fb 100644 --- a/include/linux/firewire.h +++ b/include/linux/firewire.h @@ -265,8 +265,16 @@ typedef void (*fw_transaction_callback_t)(struct fw_card *card, int rcode, void *data, size_t length, void *callback_data); /* - * Important note: Except for the FCP registers, the callback must guarantee - * that either fw_send_response() or kfree() is called on the @request. + * This callback handles an inbound request subaction. It is called in + * RCU read-side context, therefore must not sleep. + * + * The callback should not initiate outbound request subactions directly. + * Otherwise there is a danger of recursion of inbound and outbound + * transactions from and to the local node. + * + * The callback is responsible that either fw_send_response() or kfree() + * is called on the @request, except for FCP registers for which the core + * takes care of that. */ typedef void (*fw_address_callback_t)(struct fw_card *card, struct fw_request *request, |