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-rw-r--r--drivers/base/devres.c4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/devres.c b/drivers/base/devres.c
index 524bf96c289f..1741a60de117 100644
--- a/drivers/base/devres.c
+++ b/drivers/base/devres.c
@@ -309,6 +309,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devres_remove);
* which @match returns 1. If @match is NULL, it's considered to
* match all. If found, the resource is removed atomically and freed.
*
+ * Note that the release function for the resource will not be called,
+ * only the devres-allocated data will be freed. The caller becomes
+ * responsible for freeing any other data.
+ *
* RETURNS:
* 0 if devres is found and freed, -ENOENT if not found.
*/