[PATCH] drm: re-add deleted doc for drm_gem_open_ioctl

Steve Cohen cohens at codeaurora.org
Wed Jul 29 05:35:52 UTC 2020


Add back the removed documentation for drm_gem_open_ioctl.
This patch is submitted in response to [1].

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-msm/20200728085244.GY6419@phenom.ffwll.local/

Signed-off-by: Steve Cohen <cohens at codeaurora.org>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c
index ee2058a..fe94122 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c
@@ -871,6 +871,9 @@ drm_gem_flink_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
  * @file_priv: drm file-private structure
  *
  * Open an object using the global name, returning a handle and the size.
+ *
+ * This handle (of course) holds a reference to the object, so the object
+ * will not go away until the handle is deleted.
  */
 int
 drm_gem_open_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
-- 
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