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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modeset_lock.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modeset_lock.c
index e3a4adf03..61146f5b4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modeset_lock.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modeset_lock.c
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@
*
* As KMS moves toward more fine grained locking, and atomic ioctl where
* userspace can indirectly control locking order, it becomes necessary
- * to use ww_mutex and acquire-contexts to avoid deadlocks. But because
+ * to use &ww_mutex and acquire-contexts to avoid deadlocks. But because
* the locking is more distributed around the driver code, we want a bit
* of extra utility/tracking out of our acquire-ctx. This is provided
* by drm_modeset_lock / drm_modeset_acquire_ctx.
*
- * For basic principles of ww_mutex, see: Documentation/locking/ww-mutex-design.txt
+ * For basic principles of &ww_mutex, see: Documentation/locking/ww-mutex-design.txt
*
- * The basic usage pattern is to:
+ * The basic usage pattern is to::
*
* drm_modeset_acquire_init(&ctx)
* retry:
@@ -51,6 +51,13 @@
* ... do stuff ...
* drm_modeset_drop_locks(&ctx);
* drm_modeset_acquire_fini(&ctx);
+ *
+ * On top of of these per-object locks using &ww_mutex there's also an overall
+ * dev->mode_config.lock, for protecting everything else. Mostly this means
+ * probe state of connectors, and preventing hotplug add/removal of connectors.
+ *
+ * Finally there's a bunch of dedicated locks to protect drm core internal
+ * lists and lookup data structures.
*/
/**