1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/source3/include/messages.h b/source3/include/messages.h
index eb0943a95f..fac561bcf6 100644
--- a/source3/include/messages.h
+++ b/source3/include/messages.h
@@ -105,6 +105,16 @@ NTSTATUS messaging_register(struct messaging_context *msg_ctx,
 				       DATA_BLOB *data));
 void messaging_deregister(struct messaging_context *ctx, uint32_t msg_type,
 			  void *private_data);
+
+/**
+ * CAVEAT:
+ *
+ * While the messaging_send*() functions are synchronuous by API,
+ * they trigger a tevent-based loop upon sending bigger messages.
+ *
+ * Hence callers should not use these in purely synchonous code,
+ * but run a tevent_loop instead.
+ */
 NTSTATUS messaging_send(struct messaging_context *msg_ctx,
 			struct server_id server, 
 			uint32_t msg_type, const DATA_BLOB *data);