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-rw-r--r--drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c12
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c
index 4d959a34ee46..630b5e6594e0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c
@@ -294,10 +294,13 @@ void *__devm_drm_bridge_alloc(struct device *dev, size_t size, size_t offset,
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__devm_drm_bridge_alloc);
/**
- * drm_bridge_add - add the given bridge to the global bridge list
+ * drm_bridge_add - register a bridge
*
* @bridge: bridge control structure
*
+ * Add the given bridge to the global list of bridges, where they can be
+ * found by users via of_drm_find_bridge().
+ *
* The bridge to be added must have been allocated by
* devm_drm_bridge_alloc().
*/
@@ -352,9 +355,14 @@ int devm_drm_bridge_add(struct device *dev, struct drm_bridge *bridge)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(devm_drm_bridge_add);
/**
- * drm_bridge_remove - remove the given bridge from the global bridge list
+ * drm_bridge_remove - unregister a bridge
*
* @bridge: bridge control structure
+ *
+ * Remove the given bridge from the global list of registered bridges, so
+ * it won't be found by users via of_drm_find_bridge(), and add it to the
+ * lingering bridge list, to keep track of it until its allocated memory is
+ * eventually freed.
*/
void drm_bridge_remove(struct drm_bridge *bridge)
{