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-rw-r--r--include/linux/blkdev.h5
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diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index c362aadfe036..5c4eee043191 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -605,6 +605,11 @@ struct request_queue {
* initialized by the low level device driver (e.g. scsi/sd.c).
* Stacking drivers (device mappers) may or may not initialize
* these fields.
+ *
+ * Reads of this information must be protected with blk_queue_enter() /
+ * blk_queue_exit(). Modifying this information is only allowed while
+ * no requests are being processed. See also blk_mq_freeze_queue() and
+ * blk_mq_unfreeze_queue().
*/
unsigned int nr_zones;
unsigned long *seq_zones_bitmap;