[PATCH 1/3] drm: Add a note to drm_property_create() about property lifetime

Damien Lespiau damien.lespiau at intel.com
Fri Oct 31 07:39:11 PDT 2014


Cc: Chandra Konduru <chandra.konduru at intel.com>
Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter at intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Damien Lespiau <damien.lespiau at intel.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c
index 4081d7a..0f3c24c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c
@@ -3417,6 +3417,10 @@ void drm_fb_release(struct drm_file *priv)
  * object with drm_object_attach_property. The returned property object must be
  * freed with drm_property_destroy.
  *
+ * Note that the DRM core keeps a per-device list of properties and that, if
+ * drm_mode_config_cleanup() is called, it will destroy all properties created
+ * by the driver.
+ *
  * Returns:
  * A pointer to the newly created property on success, NULL on failure.
  */
-- 
1.8.3.1



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