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-rw-r--r--drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb.h9
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb.h b/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb.h
index 639c4678c65b..107255b08b2b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb.h
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb.h
@@ -404,8 +404,12 @@ struct dvb_usb_adapter {
* Powered is in/decremented for each call to modify the state.
* @udev: pointer to the device's struct usb_device.
*
- * @usb_mutex: semaphore of USB control messages (reading needs two messages)
- * @i2c_mutex: semaphore for i2c-transfers
+ * @data_mutex: mutex to protect the data structure used to store URB data
+ * @usb_mutex: mutex of USB control messages (reading needs two messages).
+ * Please notice that this mutex is used internally at the generic
+ * URB control functions. So, drivers using dvb_usb_generic_rw() and
+ * derivated functions should not lock it internally.
+ * @i2c_mutex: mutex for i2c-transfers
*
* @i2c_adap: device's i2c_adapter if it uses I2CoverUSB
*
@@ -433,6 +437,7 @@ struct dvb_usb_device {
int powered;
/* locking */
+ struct mutex data_mutex;
struct mutex usb_mutex;
/* i2c */