From ff670e632e818535950d9e31d9d0dcfc7d5b4090 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 17:20:51 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] ide: update ide_unregister() documentation Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz --- drivers/ide/ide.c | 18 +++++------------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide.c b/drivers/ide/ide.c index 9e403282dfa..6538b63158b 100644 --- a/drivers/ide/ide.c +++ b/drivers/ide/ide.c @@ -155,22 +155,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_port_unregister_devices); * ide_unregister - free an IDE interface * @hwif: IDE interface * - * Perform the final unregister of an IDE interface. At the moment - * we don't refcount interfaces so this will also get split up. + * Perform the final unregister of an IDE interface. * * Locking: - * The caller must not hold the IDE locks - * The drive present/vanishing is not yet properly locked - * Take care with the callbacks. These have been split to avoid - * deadlocking the IDE layer. The shutdown callback is called - * before we take the lock and free resources. It is up to the - * caller to be sure there is no pending I/O here, and that - * the interface will not be reopened (present/vanishing locking - * isn't yet done BTW). After we commit to the final kill we - * call the cleanup callback with the ide locks held. + * The caller must not hold the IDE locks. * - * Unregister restores the hwif structures to the default state. - * This is raving bonkers. + * It is up to the caller to be sure there is no pending I/O here, + * and that the interface will not be reopened (present/vanishing + * locking isn't yet done BTW). */ void ide_unregister(ide_hwif_t *hwif) -- 2.41.1