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diff --git a/include/linux/dma-fence-chain.h b/include/linux/dma-fence-chain.h
index ad9e2506c2f4..68c3c1e41014 100644
--- a/include/linux/dma-fence-chain.h
+++ b/include/linux/dma-fence-chain.h
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ dma_fence_chain_contained(struct dma_fence *fence)
* dma_fence_chain_alloc
*
* Returns a new struct dma_fence_chain object or NULL on failure.
+ *
+ * This specialized allocator has to be a macro for its allocations to be
+ * accounted separately (to have a separate alloc_tag). The typecast is
+ * intentional to enforce typesafety.
*/
#define dma_fence_chain_alloc() \
((struct dma_fence_chain *)kmalloc(sizeof(struct dma_fence_chain), GFP_KERNEL))