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diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/drm-kms.rst b/Documentation/gpu/drm-kms.rst index 307284125d7a..2dcf5b42015d 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpu/drm-kms.rst +++ b/Documentation/gpu/drm-kms.rst @@ -263,14 +263,20 @@ Taken all together there's two consequences for the atomic design: - An atomic update is assembled and validated as an entirely free-standing pile of structures within the :c:type:`drm_atomic_state <drm_atomic_state>` - container. Again drivers can subclass that container for their own state - structure tracking needs. Only when a state is committed is it applied to the - driver and modeset objects. This way rolling back an update boils down to - releasing memory and unreferencing objects like framebuffers. + container. Driver private state structures are also tracked in the same + structure; see the next chapter. Only when a state is committed is it applied + to the driver and modeset objects. This way rolling back an update boils down + to releasing memory and unreferencing objects like framebuffers. Read on in this chapter, and also in :ref:`drm_atomic_helper` for more detailed coverage of specific topics. +Handling Driver Private State +----------------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c + :doc: handling driver private state + Atomic Mode Setting Function Reference -------------------------------------- |