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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/firmware_class/README | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/base/firmware_class.c | 5 |
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/firmware_class/README b/Documentation/firmware_class/README index c3480aa66ba..7eceaff63f5 100644 --- a/Documentation/firmware_class/README +++ b/Documentation/firmware_class/README @@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ seconds for the whole load operation. - request_firmware_nowait() is also provided for convenience in - non-user contexts. + user contexts to request firmware asynchronously, but can't be called + in atomic contexts. about in-kernel persistence: diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c index 2d296b7f703..24277025058 100644 --- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c +++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c @@ -617,8 +617,9 @@ request_firmware_work_func(void *arg) * @cont: function will be called asynchronously when the firmware * request is over. * - * Asynchronous variant of request_firmware() for contexts where - * it is not possible to sleep. + * 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. **/ int request_firmware_nowait( |