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  r333786 | rmudgett | 2011-08-29 16:12:29 -0500 (Mon, 29 Aug 2011) | 13 lines
  
  Merged revisions 333784-333785 via svnmerge from 
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    r333784 | rmudgett | 2011-08-29 16:05:43 -0500 (Mon, 29 Aug 2011) | 2 lines
    
    Fix deadlock potential of chan_mobile.c:mbl_ast_hangup().
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    r333785 | rmudgett | 2011-08-29 16:06:16 -0500 (Mon, 29 Aug 2011) | 1 line
    
    Add some do not hold locks notes to channel.h
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include/asterisk/channel.h

@@ -1108,6 +1108,7 @@ struct ast_datastore *ast_channel_datastore_find(struct ast_channel *chan, const
  * \retval NULL failure
  * \retval non-NULL successfully allocated channel
  *
+ * \note Absolutely _NO_ channel locks should be held before calling this function.
  * \note By default, new channels are set to the "s" extension
  *       and "default" context.
  */
@@ -1119,6 +1120,16 @@ struct ast_channel * attribute_malloc __attribute__((format(printf, 13, 14)))
 			    const char *file, int line, const char *function,
 			    const char *name_fmt, ...);
 
+/*!
+ * \brief Create a channel structure
+ *
+ * \retval NULL failure
+ * \retval non-NULL successfully allocated channel
+ *
+ * \note Absolutely _NO_ channel locks should be held before calling this function.
+ * \note By default, new channels are set to the "s" extension
+ *       and "default" context.
+ */
 #define ast_channel_alloc(needqueue, state, cid_num, cid_name, acctcode, exten, context, linkedid, amaflag, ...) \
 	__ast_channel_alloc(needqueue, state, cid_num, cid_name, acctcode, exten, context, linkedid, amaflag, \
 			    __FILE__, __LINE__, __FUNCTION__, __VA_ARGS__)
@@ -1251,6 +1262,7 @@ void ast_change_name(struct ast_channel *chan, const char *newname);
  * if it is still there and also release the current reference to the channel.
  *
  * \return NULL, convenient for clearing invalid pointers
+ * \note Absolutely _NO_ channel locks should be held before calling this function.
  *
  * \since 1.8
  */
@@ -1380,6 +1392,7 @@ int ast_channel_trace_serialize(struct ast_channel *chan, struct ast_str **out);
 
 /*!
  * \brief Hang up a channel
+ * \note Absolutely _NO_ channel locks should be held before calling this function.
  * \note This function performs a hard hangup on a channel.  Unlike the soft-hangup, this function
  * performs all stream stopping, etc, on the channel that needs to end.
  * chan is no longer valid after this call.
@@ -1960,7 +1973,9 @@ int ast_channel_bridge(struct ast_channel *c0,struct ast_channel *c1,
  * p->owner pointer) that is affected by the change.  The physical layer of the original
  * channel is hung up.
  *
- * \note Neither channel passed here needs to be locked before calling this function.
+ * \note Neither channel passed here should be locked before
+ * calling this function.  This function performs deadlock
+ * avoidance involving these two channels.
  */
 int ast_channel_masquerade(struct ast_channel *original, struct ast_channel *clone);
 
@@ -2569,6 +2584,7 @@ struct ast_channel *ast_channel_iterator_next(struct ast_channel_iterator *i);
  * This function executes a callback one time for each active channel on the
  * system.  The channel is provided as an argument to the function.
  *
+ * \note Absolutely _NO_ channel locks should be held before calling this function.
  * \since 1.8
  */
 struct ast_channel *ast_channel_callback(ao2_callback_data_fn *cb_fn, void *arg,