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diff --git a/dbus/dbus-threads.h b/dbus/dbus-threads.h
index 5cb13b1a..1cf533d6 100644
--- a/dbus/dbus-threads.h
+++ b/dbus/dbus-threads.h
@@ -51,24 +51,28 @@ typedef dbus_bool_t (* DBusMutexLockFunction) (DBusMutex *mutex);
/** Deprecated, provide DBusRecursiveMutexUnlockFunction instead. Return value is unlock success, but gets ignored in practice. */
typedef dbus_bool_t (* DBusMutexUnlockFunction) (DBusMutex *mutex);
-/** Creates a new recursively-lockable mutex, or returns #NULL if not enough memory.
- * Found in #DBusThreadFunctions. Do not just use PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE for this, because
- * it does not save/restore the recursion count when waiting on a condition. libdbus
- * requires the Java-style behavior where the mutex is fully unlocked to wait on
- * a condition.
+/** Creates a new recursively-lockable mutex, or returns #NULL if not
+ * enough memory. Can only fail due to lack of memory. Found in
+ * #DBusThreadFunctions. Do not just use PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE for
+ * this, because it does not save/restore the recursion count when
+ * waiting on a condition. libdbus requires the Java-style behavior
+ * where the mutex is fully unlocked to wait on a condition.
*/
typedef DBusMutex* (* DBusRecursiveMutexNewFunction) (void);
/** Frees a recursively-lockable mutex. Found in #DBusThreadFunctions.
*/
typedef void (* DBusRecursiveMutexFreeFunction) (DBusMutex *mutex);
/** Locks a recursively-lockable mutex. Found in #DBusThreadFunctions.
+ * Can only fail due to lack of memory.
*/
typedef void (* DBusRecursiveMutexLockFunction) (DBusMutex *mutex);
/** Unlocks a recursively-lockable mutex. Found in #DBusThreadFunctions.
+ * Can only fail due to lack of memory.
*/
typedef void (* DBusRecursiveMutexUnlockFunction) (DBusMutex *mutex);
/** Creates a new condition variable. Found in #DBusThreadFunctions.
+ * Can only fail (returning #NULL) due to lack of memory.
*/
typedef DBusCondVar* (* DBusCondVarNewFunction) (void);
/** Frees a condition variable. Found in #DBusThreadFunctions.
@@ -82,6 +86,8 @@ typedef void (* DBusCondVarFreeFunction) (DBusCondVar *cond);
* condition variables (does not save/restore the recursion count) so
* don't try using simply pthread_cond_wait() and a
* PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE to implement this, it won't work right.
+ *
+ * Has no error conditions. Must succeed if it returns.
*/
typedef void (* DBusCondVarWaitFunction) (DBusCondVar *cond,
DBusMutex *mutex);
@@ -89,14 +95,21 @@ typedef void (* DBusCondVarWaitFunction) (DBusCondVar *cond,
/** Waits on a condition variable with a timeout. Found in
* #DBusThreadFunctions. Returns #TRUE if the wait did not
* time out, and #FALSE if it did.
+ *
+ * Has no error conditions. Must succeed if it returns.
*/
typedef dbus_bool_t (* DBusCondVarWaitTimeoutFunction) (DBusCondVar *cond,
DBusMutex *mutex,
int timeout_milliseconds);
/** Wakes one waiting thread on a condition variable. Found in #DBusThreadFunctions.
+ *
+ * Has no error conditions. Must succeed if it returns.
*/
typedef void (* DBusCondVarWakeOneFunction) (DBusCondVar *cond);
+
/** Wakes all waiting threads on a condition variable. Found in #DBusThreadFunctions.
+ *
+ * Has no error conditions. Must succeed if it returns.
*/
typedef void (* DBusCondVarWakeAllFunction) (DBusCondVar *cond);