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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c index 681d5f97639d..672f1de84d6c 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c @@ -1599,10 +1599,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_atomic_check_only); * more locks but encountered a deadlock. The caller must then do the usual w/w * backoff dance and restart. All other errors are fatal. * - * Also note that on successful execution ownership of @state is transferred - * from the caller of this function to the function itself. The caller must not - * free or in any other way access @state. If the function fails then the caller - * must clean up @state itself. + * This function will take its own reference on @state. + * Callers should always release their reference with drm_atomic_state_put(). * * Returns: * 0 on success, negative error code on failure. @@ -1630,10 +1628,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_atomic_commit); * more locks but encountered a deadlock. The caller must then do the usual w/w * backoff dance and restart. All other errors are fatal. * - * Also note that on successful execution ownership of @state is transferred - * from the caller of this function to the function itself. The caller must not - * free or in any other way access @state. If the function fails then the caller - * must clean up @state itself. + * This function will take its own reference on @state. + * Callers should always release their reference with drm_atomic_state_put(). * * Returns: * 0 on success, negative error code on failure. |