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author | James Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com> | 2012-05-04 12:46:40 +1000 |
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committer | James Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com> | 2012-05-04 12:46:40 +1000 |
commit | 898bfc1d46bd76f8ea2a0fbd239dd2073efe2aa3 (patch) | |
tree | e6e666085abe674dbf6292555961fe0a0f2e2d2f /drivers/usb/core/urb.c | |
parent | 08162e6a23d476544adfe1164afe9ea8b34ab859 (diff) | |
parent | 69964ea4c7b68c9399f7977aa5b9aa6539a6a98a (diff) |
Merge tag 'v3.4-rc5' into next
Linux 3.4-rc5
Merge to pull in prerequisite change for Smack:
86812bb0de1a3758dc6c7aa01a763158a7c0638a
Requested by Casey.
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/usb/core/urb.c')
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/usb/core/urb.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/urb.c b/drivers/usb/core/urb.c index 7239a73c1b8c..cd9b3a2cd8a7 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/core/urb.c +++ b/drivers/usb/core/urb.c @@ -539,6 +539,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usb_submit_urb); * never submitted, or it was unlinked before, or the hardware is already * finished with it), even if the completion handler has not yet run. * + * The URB must not be deallocated while this routine is running. In + * particular, when a driver calls this routine, it must insure that the + * completion handler cannot deallocate the URB. + * * Unlinking and Endpoint Queues: * * [The behaviors and guarantees described below do not apply to virtual @@ -603,6 +607,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usb_unlink_urb); * with error -EPERM. Thus even if the URB's completion handler always * tries to resubmit, it will not succeed and the URB will become idle. * + * The URB must not be deallocated while this routine is running. In + * particular, when a driver calls this routine, it must insure that the + * completion handler cannot deallocate the URB. + * * This routine may not be used in an interrupt context (such as a bottom * half or a completion handler), or when holding a spinlock, or in other * situations where the caller can't schedule(). @@ -640,6 +648,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usb_kill_urb); * with error -EPERM. Thus even if the URB's completion handler always * tries to resubmit, it will not succeed and the URB will become idle. * + * The URB must not be deallocated while this routine is running. In + * particular, when a driver calls this routine, it must insure that the + * completion handler cannot deallocate the URB. + * * This routine may not be used in an interrupt context (such as a bottom * half or a completion handler), or when holding a spinlock, or in other * situations where the caller can't schedule(). |