fpga: fpga-region: comment on fpga_region_program_fpga locking
authorAlan Tull <atull@kernel.org>
Tue, 17 Apr 2018 03:43:37 +0000 (20:43 -0700)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Mon, 23 Apr 2018 11:33:01 +0000 (13:33 +0200)
Add a comment to the header of fpga_region_program_fpga()
regarding locking of the bridges.

Signed-off-by: Alan Tull <atull@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Moritz Fischer <mdf@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/fpga/fpga-region.c

index edab2a2..cb0603e 100644 (file)
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ static void fpga_region_put(struct fpga_region *region)
  * fpga_region_program_fpga - program FPGA
  * @region: FPGA region
  * Program an FPGA using fpga image info (region->info).
+ * If the region has a get_bridges function, the exclusive reference for the
+ * bridges will be held if programming succeeds.  This is intended to prevent
+ * reprogramming the region until the caller considers it safe to do so.
+ * The caller will need to call fpga_bridges_put() before attempting to
+ * reprogram the region.
  * Return 0 for success or negative error code.
  */
 int fpga_region_program_fpga(struct fpga_region *region)