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authorGrant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>2010-12-22 00:10:01 -0700
committerGrant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>2010-12-22 00:10:01 -0700
commit752a4a95e3c96a8e8d3405b16d292f13e8c7856b (patch)
tree838e43696fdc45b83f082eef7230d79cfe699497 /include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_api.h
parentbc3f67a3e1b20756d4bfa5886a6b8fd0c068e6a4 (diff)
parent90a8a73c06cc32b609a880d48449d7083327e11a (diff)
Merge commit 'v2.6.37-rc7' into spi/next
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-rw-r--r--include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_api.h4
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diff --git a/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_api.h b/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_api.h
index 5afa5b52063..beafc156a53 100644
--- a/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_api.h
+++ b/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_api.h
@@ -432,6 +432,10 @@ extern void ttm_bo_synccpu_write_release(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo);
* together with the @destroy function,
* enables driver-specific objects derived from a ttm_buffer_object.
* On successful return, the object kref and list_kref are set to 1.
+ * If a failure occurs, the function will call the @destroy function, or
+ * kfree() if @destroy is NULL. Thus, after a failure, dereferencing @bo is
+ * illegal and will likely cause memory corruption.
+ *
* Returns
* -ENOMEM: Out of memory.
* -EINVAL: Invalid placement flags.