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authorJoel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com>2015-05-21 18:08:32 -0500
committerJoel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com>2015-05-21 18:08:32 -0500
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@@ -50,7 +50,10 @@ wait for a message to arrive at a queue. Also, a task may poll
a queue for the arrival of a message.
The maximum length message which can be sent is set
-on a per message queue basis.
+on a per message queue basis. The message content must be copied in general
+to/from an internal buffer of the message queue or directly to a peer in
+certain cases. This copy operation is performed with interrupts disabled. So
+it is advisable to keep the messages as short as possible.
@subsection Building a Message Queue Attribute Set