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-rw-r--r--drivers/mailbox/mailbox.c4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/mailbox.c b/drivers/mailbox/mailbox.c
index bbc9fd75a95f..b00f7a32e866 100644
--- a/drivers/mailbox/mailbox.c
+++ b/drivers/mailbox/mailbox.c
@@ -258,6 +258,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mbox_chan_tx_slots_available);
* over the chan, i.e, tx_done() is made.
* This function could be called from atomic context as it simply
* queues the data and returns a token against the request.
+ * In blocking mode, it is caller's responsibility to serialize threads'
+ * access to a channel if multi-threads are to send messages through the
+ * same channel, i.e. caller should not call this function until any
+ * previous call returns.
*
* Return: Non-negative integer for successful submission (non-blocking mode)
* or transmission over chan (blocking mode).