ipmi: Add a comment in how messages are delivered from the lower layer

To avoid confusion in the future. Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com>
mariux64 · Sep 3, 2015 · b2234ee · b2234ee
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diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -3959,6 +3959,10 @@ void ipmi_smi_msg_received(ipmi_smi_t          intf,
 
 	if (!run_to_completion)
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&intf->xmit_msgs_lock, flags);
+	/*
+	 * We can get an asynchronous event or receive message in addition
+	 * to commands we send.
+	 */
 	if (msg == intf->curr_msg)
 		intf->curr_msg = NULL;
 	if (!run_to_completion)