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Diffstat (limited to 'include/drm')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/drm/drm_auth.h | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/drm/drm_file.h | 6 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_auth.h b/include/drm/drm_auth.h index 6bf8b2b78991..f99d3417f304 100644 --- a/include/drm/drm_auth.h +++ b/include/drm/drm_auth.h @@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ struct drm_master { }; struct drm_master *drm_master_get(struct drm_master *master); +struct drm_master *drm_file_get_master(struct drm_file *file_priv); void drm_master_put(struct drm_master **master); bool drm_is_current_master(struct drm_file *fpriv); diff --git a/include/drm/drm_file.h b/include/drm/drm_file.h index 9b82988e3427..726cfe0ff5f5 100644 --- a/include/drm/drm_file.h +++ b/include/drm/drm_file.h @@ -233,6 +233,12 @@ struct drm_file { * this only matches &drm_device.master if the master is the currently * active one. * + * When dereferencing this pointer, either hold struct + * &drm_device.master_mutex for the duration of the pointer's use, or + * use drm_file_get_master() if struct &drm_device.master_mutex is not + * currently held and there is no other need to hold it. This prevents + * @master from being freed during use. + * * See also @authentication and @is_master and the :ref:`section on * primary nodes and authentication <drm_primary_node>`. */ |