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authorPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>2008-03-26 08:44:18 +1100
committerPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>2008-03-26 08:44:18 +1100
commit54f53f2b94feb72622bec7a8563fc487d9f97720 (patch)
treeab0c4e1dcadd25a00fa7a4febf41bc43b864cf73 /include/linux/virtio.h
parentf61fb8a52cdf8b9b6a6badde84aefe58cb35d315 (diff)
parenta4083c9271e0a697278e089f2c0b9a95363ada0a (diff)
Merge branch 'linux-2.6'
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/virtio.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/virtio.h5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/virtio.h b/include/linux/virtio.h
index 260d1fcf29a4..12c18ac1b973 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio.h
@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@ struct virtqueue
* vq: the struct virtqueue we're talking about.
* @enable_cb: restart callbacks after disable_cb.
* vq: the struct virtqueue we're talking about.
- * This returns "false" (and doesn't re-enable) if there are pending
- * buffers in the queue, to avoid a race.
+ * This re-enables callbacks; it returns "false" if there are pending
+ * buffers in the queue, to detect a possible race between the driver
+ * checking for more work, and enabling callbacks.
*
* Locking rules are straightforward: the driver is responsible for
* locking. No two operations may be invoked simultaneously.