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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-10-19 19:04:47 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-10-19 19:04:47 +0200
commit3e10e879a8c334a5927d800a3663a24d562cfa31 (patch)
tree5d18bc7e38c986a044e99aa0d0a4aff4931ec7d0 /include/linux/firewire-cdev.h
parent98d9c66ab07471006fd7910cb16453581c41a3e7 (diff)
parent0cfd81031a26717fe14380d18275f8e217571615 (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into tracing-v28-for-linus-v3
Conflicts: init/main.c kernel/module.c scripts/bootgraph.pl
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/firewire-cdev.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/firewire-cdev.h9
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/firewire-cdev.h b/include/linux/firewire-cdev.h
index 0f0e271f97f..4d078e99c01 100644
--- a/include/linux/firewire-cdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/firewire-cdev.h
@@ -154,8 +154,13 @@ struct fw_cdev_event_iso_interrupt {
* @request: Valid if @common.type == %FW_CDEV_EVENT_REQUEST
* @iso_interrupt: Valid if @common.type == %FW_CDEV_EVENT_ISO_INTERRUPT
*
- * Convenience union for userspace use. Events could be read(2) into a char
- * buffer and then cast to this union for further processing.
+ * Convenience union for userspace use. Events could be read(2) into an
+ * appropriately aligned char buffer and then cast to this union for further
+ * processing. Note that for a request, response or iso_interrupt event,
+ * the data[] or header[] may make the size of the full event larger than
+ * sizeof(union fw_cdev_event). Also note that if you attempt to read(2)
+ * an event into a buffer that is not large enough for it, the data that does
+ * not fit will be discarded so that the next read(2) will return a new event.
*/
union fw_cdev_event {
struct fw_cdev_event_common common;