From 0b02e798ffec99b51f2fe931ceb61ca0d22d2a70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Widawsky Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 17:00:08 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] drm/i915: Improve VMA comments Signed-off-by: Ben Widawsky Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter --- drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h index 290c12dd6e6b..4f93467fdfdd 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h @@ -545,7 +545,12 @@ struct i915_hw_ppgtt { int (*enable)(struct drm_device *dev); }; -/* To make things as simple as possible (ie. no refcounting), a VMA's lifetime +/** + * A VMA represents a GEM BO that is bound into an address space. Therefore, a + * VMA's presence cannot be guaranteed before binding, or after unbinding the + * object into/from the address space. + * + * To make things as simple as possible (ie. no refcounting), a VMA's lifetime * will always be <= an objects lifetime. So object refcounting should cover us. */ struct i915_vma { -- 2.11.0