Since 4a878c03d562 ("drm: bridge: Detach bridge from encoder at encoder
cleanup time"), it is generally no longer correct to detach bridges from
encoders manually. Document that.
Signed-off-by: Peter Rosin <peda@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c
index 1638bfe9627c..ba7025041e46 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_bridge_remove);
* If non-NULL the previous bridge must be already attached by a call to this
* function.
*
+ * Note that bridges attached to encoders are auto-detached during encoder
+ * cleanup in drm_encoder_cleanup(), so drm_bridge_attach() should generally
+ * *not* be balanced with a drm_bridge_detach() in driver code.
+ *
* RETURNS:
* Zero on success, error code on failure
*/
--
2.11.0
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