[PATCH 05/36] drm/doc: drop struct_mutex refernce for drm_gem_object_free

Emil Velikov emil.l.velikov at gmail.com
Thu May 7 15:07:51 UTC 2020


From: Emil Velikov <emil.velikov at collabora.com>

The comment that struct_mutex must be held is misleading. It is only
required when .gem_free_object() is used.

Since that one is going with the next patches, drop the reference.

Signed-off-by: Emil Velikov <emil.velikov at collabora.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c
index 918d1ba25f63..12fa121d0966 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c
@@ -965,7 +965,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_gem_object_release);
  * @kref: kref of the object to free
  *
  * Called after the last reference to the object has been lost.
- * Must be called holding &drm_device.struct_mutex.
  *
  * Frees the object
  */
-- 
2.25.1



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