[PATCH] drm: document that blobs are ref'counted

Simon Ser contact at emersion.fr
Wed Nov 4 17:00:08 UTC 2020


On Sunday, November 1, 2020 10:07 PM, Daniel Stone <daniel at fooishbar.org> wrote:

> > Daniel, does this patch look good to you?
>
> Unsure which Daniel you meant

I was thinking of Daniel Vetter :P

> but I would probably instead say:
> 'Userspace can release blobs as soon as they do not need to refer to
> them by their blob object ID. For instance, if you are using a MODE_ID
> blob in an atomic commit and you will not make another commit reusing
> the same ID, you can destroy the blob as soon as the commit has been
> issued, without waiting for it to complete.'

But thanks! That sounds much better and avoids using the term
"reference counting" (which is nice because it's an internal detail).

Sending a v2 now.


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