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diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/rdma_core.h b/drivers/infiniband/core/rdma_core.h
index 97483d1a7336..9ed6ad0324c7 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/rdma_core.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/rdma_core.h
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ void uverbs_close_fd(struct file *f);
* applicable.
* This function could create (access == NEW), destroy (access == DESTROY)
* or unlock (access == READ || access == WRITE) objects if required.
- * The action will be finalized only when uverbs_finalize_object is called.
+ * The action will be finalized only when uverbs_finalize_object or
+ * uverbs_finalize_objects are called.
*/
struct ib_uobject *uverbs_get_uobject_from_context(const struct uverbs_obj_type *type_attrs,
struct ib_ucontext *ucontext,
@@ -91,5 +92,24 @@ struct ib_uobject *uverbs_get_uobject_from_context(const struct uverbs_obj_type
int uverbs_finalize_object(struct ib_uobject *uobj,
enum uverbs_obj_access access,
bool commit);
+/*
+ * Note that certain finalize stages could return a status:
+ * (a) alloc_commit could return a failure if the object is committed at the
+ * same time when the context is destroyed.
+ * (b) remove_commit could fail if the object wasn't destroyed successfully.
+ * Since multiple objects could be finalized in one transaction, it is very NOT
+ * recommended to have several finalize actions which have side effects.
+ * For example, it's NOT recommended to have a certain action which has both
+ * a commit action and a destroy action or two destroy objects in the same
+ * action. The rule of thumb is to have one destroy or commit action with
+ * multiple lookups.
+ * The first non zero return value of finalize_object is returned from this
+ * function. For example, this could happen when we couldn't destroy an
+ * object.
+ */
+int uverbs_finalize_objects(struct uverbs_attr_bundle *attrs_bundle,
+ struct uverbs_attr_spec_hash * const *spec_hash,
+ size_t num,
+ bool commit);
#endif /* RDMA_CORE_H */