drm/simple-kms: Fix documentation for drm_simple_encoder_init()
Brings the documentation of drm_simple_encoder_init() in sync with the
function's signature. Also add a paragraph clarifying the management of
the encoder's memory.
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* document memory management
Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
Fixes: 63170ac6f2
("drm/simple-kms: Add drm_simple_encoder_{init,create}()")
Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Cc: Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>
Cc: David Airlie <airlied@linux.ie>
Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch>
Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20200304145312.26458-1-tzimmermann@suse.de
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@ -38,9 +38,10 @@ static const struct drm_encoder_funcs drm_simple_encoder_funcs_cleanup = {
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/**
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* drm_simple_encoder_init - Initialize a preallocated encoder
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* drm_simple_encoder_init - Initialize a preallocated encoder with
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* basic functionality.
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* @dev: drm device
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* @funcs: callbacks for this encoder
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* @encoder: the encoder to initialize
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* @encoder_type: user visible type of the encoder
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*
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* Initialises a preallocated encoder that has no further functionality.
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@ -48,6 +49,15 @@ static const struct drm_encoder_funcs drm_simple_encoder_funcs_cleanup = {
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* The encoder will be cleaned up automatically as part of the mode-setting
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* cleanup.
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*
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* The caller of drm_simple_encoder_init() is responsible for freeing
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* the encoder's memory after the encoder has been cleaned up. At the
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* moment this only works reliably if the encoder data structure is
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* stored in the device structure. Free the encoder's memory as part of
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* the device release function.
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*
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* FIXME: Later improvements to DRM's resource management may allow for
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* an automated kfree() of the encoder's memory.
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*
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* Returns:
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* Zero on success, error code on failure.
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*/
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