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-rw-r--r--include/sysemu/char.h11
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/sysemu/char.h b/include/sysemu/char.h
index bd2b62d21a..c8b15f9729 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/char.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/char.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ typedef struct {
typedef void IOEventHandler(void *opaque, int event);
struct CharDriverState {
+ QemuMutex chr_write_lock;
void (*init)(struct CharDriverState *s);
int (*chr_write)(struct CharDriverState *s, const uint8_t *buf, int len);
int (*chr_sync_read)(struct CharDriverState *s,
@@ -164,6 +165,7 @@ void qemu_chr_fe_event(CharDriverState *s, int event);
* @qemu_chr_fe_printf:
*
* Write to a character backend using a printf style interface.
+ * This function is thread-safe.
*
* @fmt see #printf
*/
@@ -176,8 +178,9 @@ int qemu_chr_fe_add_watch(CharDriverState *s, GIOCondition cond,
/**
* @qemu_chr_fe_write:
*
- * Write data to a character backend from the front end. This function will
- * send data from the front end to the back end.
+ * Write data to a character backend from the front end. This function
+ * will send data from the front end to the back end. This function
+ * is thread-safe.
*
* @buf the data
* @len the number of bytes to send
@@ -192,7 +195,7 @@ int qemu_chr_fe_write(CharDriverState *s, const uint8_t *buf, int len);
* Write data to a character backend from the front end. This function will
* send data from the front end to the back end. Unlike @qemu_chr_fe_write,
* this function will block if the back end cannot consume all of the data
- * attempted to be written.
+ * attempted to be written. This function is thread-safe.
*
* @buf the data
* @len the number of bytes to send
@@ -216,7 +219,7 @@ int qemu_chr_fe_read_all(CharDriverState *s, uint8_t *buf, int len);
/**
* @qemu_chr_fe_ioctl:
*
- * Issue a device specific ioctl to a backend.
+ * Issue a device specific ioctl to a backend. This function is thread-safe.
*
* @cmd see CHR_IOCTL_*
* @arg the data associated with @cmd