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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/mutex.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/mutex.h | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/mutex.h b/include/linux/mutex.h index 6a735c72f23f..601479772b98 100644 --- a/include/linux/mutex.h +++ b/include/linux/mutex.h @@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ * - task may not exit with mutex held * - memory areas where held locks reside must not be freed * - held mutexes must not be reinitialized - * - mutexes may not be used in irq contexts + * - mutexes may not be used in hardware or software interrupt + * contexts such as tasklets and timers * * These semantics are fully enforced when DEBUG_MUTEXES is * enabled. Furthermore, besides enforcing the above rules, the mutex |