[PATCH 04/36] drm/doc: drop struct_mutex references
Emil Velikov
emil.l.velikov at gmail.com
Thu May 7 15:07:50 UTC 2020
From: Emil Velikov <emil.velikov at collabora.com>
There's little point in providing partial and ancient information about
the struct_mutex. Some drivers are using it, new ones should not.
As-it this only provides for confusion.
Signed-off-by: Emil Velikov <emil.velikov at collabora.com>
---
Documentation/gpu/drm-mm.rst | 7 ++-----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/drm-mm.rst b/Documentation/gpu/drm-mm.rst
index 1839762044be..5ba2ead8f317 100644
--- a/Documentation/gpu/drm-mm.rst
+++ b/Documentation/gpu/drm-mm.rst
@@ -178,11 +178,8 @@ GEM Objects Lifetime
--------------------
All GEM objects are reference-counted by the GEM core. References can be
-acquired and release by calling drm_gem_object_get() and drm_gem_object_put()
-respectively. The caller must hold the :c:type:`struct drm_device <drm_device>`
-struct_mutex lock when calling drm_gem_object_get(). As a convenience, GEM
-provides drm_gem_object_put_unlocked() functions that can be called without
-holding the lock.
+acquired and release by calling drm_gem_object_get() and drm_gem_object_put_unlocked()
+respectively.
When the last reference to a GEM object is released the GEM core calls
the :c:type:`struct drm_driver <drm_driver>` gem_free_object_unlocked
--
2.25.1
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