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authorThomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>2020-03-04 15:53:12 +0100
committerThomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>2020-03-06 09:24:29 +0100
commit2cb5974dcaaaaa5027defa854e2c4616eb6cb03a (patch)
treeb26727d9eda7f4e5e4a80ab26cc25972a8c540dd /drivers/gpu/drm/drm_simple_kms_helper.c
parent5b6603360c122e5b40ae9baf9130fb90f3cfc522 (diff)
drm/simple-kms: Fix documentation for drm_simple_encoder_init()
Brings the documentation of drm_simple_encoder_init() in sync with the function's signature. Also add a paragraph clarifying the management of the encoder's memory. v2: * document memory management Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de> Reviewed-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch> Fixes: 63170ac6f2e8 ("drm/simple-kms: Add drm_simple_encoder_{init,create}()") Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Cc: Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@linux.intel.com> Cc: Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org> Cc: David Airlie <airlied@linux.ie> Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20200304145312.26458-1-tzimmermann@suse.de
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/gpu/drm/drm_simple_kms_helper.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/gpu/drm/drm_simple_kms_helper.c14
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_simple_kms_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_simple_kms_helper.c
index 5a2abe2dea3e..74946690aba4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_simple_kms_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_simple_kms_helper.c
@@ -38,9 +38,10 @@ static const struct drm_encoder_funcs drm_simple_encoder_funcs_cleanup = {
};
/**
- * drm_simple_encoder_init - Initialize a preallocated encoder
+ * drm_simple_encoder_init - Initialize a preallocated encoder with
+ * basic functionality.
* @dev: drm device
- * @funcs: callbacks for this encoder
+ * @encoder: the encoder to initialize
* @encoder_type: user visible type of the encoder
*
* Initialises a preallocated encoder that has no further functionality.
@@ -48,6 +49,15 @@ static const struct drm_encoder_funcs drm_simple_encoder_funcs_cleanup = {
* The encoder will be cleaned up automatically as part of the mode-setting
* cleanup.
*
+ * The caller of drm_simple_encoder_init() is responsible for freeing
+ * the encoder's memory after the encoder has been cleaned up. At the
+ * moment this only works reliably if the encoder data structure is
+ * stored in the device structure. Free the encoder's memory as part of
+ * the device release function.
+ *
+ * FIXME: Later improvements to DRM's resource management may allow for
+ * an automated kfree() of the encoder's memory.
+ *
* Returns:
* Zero on success, error code on failure.
*/