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diff --git a/kernel/Documentation/scsi/scsi_eh.txt b/kernel/Documentation/scsi/scsi_eh.txt
index 8638f61c8..37eca0079 100644
--- a/kernel/Documentation/scsi/scsi_eh.txt
+++ b/kernel/Documentation/scsi/scsi_eh.txt
@@ -263,19 +263,23 @@ scmd->allowed.
3. scmd recovered
ACTION: scsi_eh_finish_cmd() is invoked to EH-finish scmd
- - shost->host_failed--
- clear scmd->eh_eflags
- scsi_setup_cmd_retry()
- move from local eh_work_q to local eh_done_q
LOCKING: none
+ CONCURRENCY: at most one thread per separate eh_work_q to
+ keep queue manipulation lockless
4. EH completes
ACTION: scsi_eh_flush_done_q() retries scmds or notifies upper
- layer of failure.
+ layer of failure. May be called concurrently but must have
+ a no more than one thread per separate eh_work_q to
+ manipulate the queue locklessly
- scmd is removed from eh_done_q and scmd->eh_entry is cleared
- if retry is necessary, scmd is requeued using
scsi_queue_insert()
- otherwise, scsi_finish_command() is invoked for scmd
+ - zero shost->host_failed
LOCKING: queue or finish function performs appropriate locking