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authorEmmanuel Grumbach2012-06-17 16:00:22 +0300
committerJohannes Berg2012-06-18 10:46:17 +0200
commit901787c1674ee5d35c7c3713efbc009c72f43971 (patch)
treee497c2ab26b3c299ef407de0d9d7d4f88844160c /drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-op-mode.h
parente9d364de1aed8f7e81b3e67fdf3015533bfc76b1 (diff)
iwlwifi: comment context requirements of the op_mode
A few op_mode of the op_mode API functions have requirements on the running context of the caller. Document that. Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-op-mode.h')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-op-mode.h16
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-op-mode.h b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-op-mode.h
index cd9ef114d3a3..64886f95664f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-op-mode.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-op-mode.h
@@ -111,22 +111,25 @@ struct iwl_cfg;
* May sleep
* @rx: Rx notification to the op_mode. rxb is the Rx buffer itself. Cmd is the
* HCMD the this Rx responds to.
- * Must be atomic.
+ * Must be atomic and called with BH disabled.
* @queue_full: notifies that a HW queue is full.
- * Must be atomic
+ * Must be atomic and called with BH disabled.
* @queue_not_full: notifies that a HW queue is not full any more.
- * Must be atomic
+ * Must be atomic and called with BH disabled.
* @hw_rf_kill:notifies of a change in the HW rf kill switch. True means that
* the radio is killed. Must be atomic.
* @free_skb: allows the transport layer to free skbs that haven't been
* reclaimed by the op_mode. This can happen when the driver is freed and
* there are Tx packets pending in the transport layer.
* Must be atomic
- * @nic_error: error notification. Must be atomic
- * @cmd_queue_full: Called when the command queue gets full. Must be atomic.
+ * @nic_error: error notification. Must be atomic and must be called with BH
+ * disabled.
+ * @cmd_queue_full: Called when the command queue gets full. Must be atomic and
+ * called with BH disabled.
* @nic_config: configure NIC, called before firmware is started.
* May sleep
- * @wimax_active: invoked when WiMax becomes active. Must be atomic.
+ * @wimax_active: invoked when WiMax becomes active. Must be atomic and called
+ * with BH disabled.
*/
struct iwl_op_mode_ops {
struct iwl_op_mode *(*start)(struct iwl_trans *trans,
@@ -165,7 +168,6 @@ struct iwl_op_mode {
static inline void iwl_op_mode_stop(struct iwl_op_mode *op_mode)
{
might_sleep();
-
op_mode->ops->stop(op_mode);
}