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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/dma-fence.h | 13 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/dma-fence.h b/include/linux/dma-fence.h index c053d19e1e24..02dba8cd033d 100644 --- a/include/linux/dma-fence.h +++ b/include/linux/dma-fence.h @@ -191,11 +191,14 @@ struct dma_fence_ops { /** * @wait: * - * Custom wait implementation, or dma_fence_default_wait. + * Custom wait implementation, defaults to dma_fence_default_wait() if + * not set. * - * Must not be NULL, set to dma_fence_default_wait for default implementation. - * the dma_fence_default_wait implementation should work for any fence, as long - * as enable_signaling works correctly. + * The dma_fence_default_wait implementation should work for any fence, as long + * as @enable_signaling works correctly. This hook allows drivers to + * have an optimized version for the case where a process context is + * already available, e.g. if @enable_signaling for the general case + * needs to set up a worker thread. * * Must return -ERESTARTSYS if the wait is intr = true and the wait was * interrupted, and remaining jiffies if fence has signaled, or 0 if wait @@ -203,7 +206,7 @@ struct dma_fence_ops { * which should be treated as if the fence is signaled. For example a hardware * lockup could be reported like that. * - * This callback is mandatory. + * This callback is optional. */ signed long (*wait)(struct dma_fence *fence, bool intr, signed long timeout); |