linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH v1 09/15] firmware loader: fix comments on request_firmware

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Date:	Sat,  4 Aug 2012 12:01:24 +0800
From:	Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH v1 09/15] firmware loader: fix comments on request_firmware_nowait

request_firmware_nowait is allowed to be called in atomic
context now if @gfp is GFP_ATOMIC, so fix the obsolete
comments and states which situations are suitable for using
it.

Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>
---
 drivers/base/firmware_class.c |   10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
index 7d3a83b..a47266c 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
@@ -846,9 +846,13 @@ static void request_firmware_work_func(struct work_struct *work)
  *
  *	Caller must hold the reference count of @device.
  *
- *	Asynchronous variant of request_firmware() for user contexts where
- *	it is not possible to sleep for long time. It can't be called
- *	in atomic contexts.
+ *	Asynchronous variant of request_firmware() for user contexts:
+ *		- sleep for as small periods as possible since it may
+ *		increase kernel boot time of built-in device drivers
+ *		requesting firmware in their ->probe() methods, if
+ *		@gfp is GFP_KERNEL.
+ *
+ *		- can't sleep at all if @gfp is GFP_ATOMIC.
  **/
 int
 request_firmware_nowait(
-- 
1.7.9.5

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