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-rw-r--r--include/drm/drm_modeset_helper_vtables.h8
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diff --git a/include/drm/drm_modeset_helper_vtables.h b/include/drm/drm_modeset_helper_vtables.h
index f9c94c2a1364..f7bbd0b0ecd1 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_modeset_helper_vtables.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_modeset_helper_vtables.h
@@ -1185,6 +1185,14 @@ struct drm_plane_helper_funcs {
* current one with the new plane configurations in the new
* plane_state.
*
+ * Drivers should also swap the framebuffers between current plane
+ * state (&drm_plane.state) and new_state.
+ * This is required since cleanup for async commits is performed on
+ * the new state, rather than old state like for traditional commits.
+ * Since we want to give up the reference on the current (old) fb
+ * instead of our brand new one, swap them in the driver during the
+ * async commit.
+ *
* FIXME:
* - It only works for single plane updates
* - Async Pageflips are not supported yet