pata_atiixp: Audit notes on locking
Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_atiixp.c b/drivers/ata/pata_atiixp.c
index 95ed307..9623f52 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_atiixp.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_atiixp.c
@@ -173,6 +173,9 @@
*
* When DMA begins we need to ensure that the UDMA control
* register for the channel is correctly set.
+ *
+ * Note: The host lock held by the libata layer protects
+ * us from two channels both trying to set DMA bits at once
*/
static void atiixp_bmdma_start(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
@@ -199,6 +202,9 @@
*
* DMA has completed. Clear the UDMA flag as the next operations will
* be PIO ones not UDMA data transfer.
+ *
+ * Note: The host lock held by the libata layer protects
+ * us from two channels both trying to set DMA bits at once
*/
static void atiixp_bmdma_stop(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)