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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/staging/comedi/comedidev.h | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedidev.h b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedidev.h index dcb637665eb7..0c7c37a8ff33 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedidev.h +++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedidev.h @@ -426,6 +426,18 @@ enum comedi_cb { * handler will be called with the COMEDI device structure's board_ptr member * pointing to the matched pointer to a board name within the driver's private * array of static, read-only board type information. + * + * The @detach handler has two roles. If a COMEDI device was successfully + * configured by the @attach or @auto_attach handler, it is called when the + * device is being deconfigured (by the %COMEDI_DEVCONFIG ioctl, or due to + * unloading of the driver, or due to device removal). It is also called when + * the @attach or @auto_attach handler returns an error. Therefore, the + * @attach or @auto_attach handlers can defer clean-up on error until the + * @detach handler is called. If the @attach or @auto_attach handlers free + * any resources themselves, they must prevent the @detach handler from + * freeing the same resources. The @detach handler must not assume that all + * resources requested by the @attach or @auto_attach handler were + * successfully allocated. */ struct comedi_driver { /* private: */ |