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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_evict.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_evict.c | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_evict.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_evict.c index e3a49d94da3a..d09e35ed9c9a 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_evict.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_evict.c @@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ mark_free(struct i915_vma *vma, struct list_head *unwind) * * This function is used by the object/vma binding code. * + * Since this function is only used to free up virtual address space it only + * ignores pinned vmas, and not object where the backing storage itself is + * pinned. Hence obj->pages_pin_count does not protect against eviction. + * * To clarify: This is for freeing up virtual address space, not for freeing * memory in e.g. the shrinker. */ |