User-space doesn't need to keep track of blobs that might be in use by
the kernel. User-space can just destroy blobs as soon as they don't need
them anymore.
Signed-off-by: Simon Ser <contact@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Pekka Paalanen <ppaalanen@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jonas Ådahl <jadahl@xxxxxxxxx>
---
include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h b/include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h
index 863eda048265..f7c41aa4b5eb 100644
--- a/include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h
+++ b/include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h
@@ -924,6 +924,10 @@ struct drm_mode_create_blob {
* struct drm_mode_destroy_blob - Destroy user blob
* @blob_id: blob_id to destroy
* Destroy a user-created blob property.
+ *
+ * Blobs are reference-counted by the kernel, so user-space can destroy them as
+ * soon as they're done with them. For instance user-space can destroy a blob
+ * used in an atomic commit right after performing the atomic commit ioctl.
*/
struct drm_mode_destroy_blob {
__u32 blob_id;
--
2.28.0
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