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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/client.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/client.rst index fbbb2831f29f..45953f171500 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/client.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/client.rst @@ -168,6 +168,13 @@ The details of these operations are: dmaengine_submit() will not start the DMA operation, it merely adds it to the pending queue. For this, see step 5, dma_async_issue_pending. + .. note:: + + After calling ``dmaengine_submit()`` the submitted transfer descriptor + (``struct dma_async_tx_descriptor``) belongs to the DMA engine. + Consequently, the client must consider invalid the pointer to that + descriptor. + 5. Issue pending DMA requests and wait for callback notification The transactions in the pending queue can be activated by calling the |