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diff --git a/include/drm/drm_atomic.h b/include/drm/drm_atomic.h
index 9a022caacf93..1ded9a8d4e84 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_atomic.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_atomic.h
@@ -346,25 +346,29 @@ struct __drm_private_objs_state {
};
/**
- * struct drm_atomic_state - the global state object for atomic updates
- * @ref: count of all references to this state (will not be freed until zero)
- * @dev: parent DRM device
- * @async_update: hint for asynchronous plane update
- * @planes: pointer to array of structures with per-plane data
- * @crtcs: pointer to array of CRTC pointers
- * @num_connector: size of the @connectors and @connector_states arrays
- * @connectors: pointer to array of structures with per-connector data
- * @num_private_objs: size of the @private_objs array
- * @private_objs: pointer to array of private object pointers
- * @acquire_ctx: acquire context for this atomic modeset state update
+ * struct drm_atomic_state - Atomic commit structure
+ *
+ * This structure is the kernel counterpart of @drm_mode_atomic and represents
+ * an atomic commit that transitions from an old to a new display state. It
+ * contains all the objects affected by the atomic commit and both the new
+ * state structures and pointers to the old state structures for
+ * these.
*
* States are added to an atomic update by calling drm_atomic_get_crtc_state(),
* drm_atomic_get_plane_state(), drm_atomic_get_connector_state(), or for
* private state structures, drm_atomic_get_private_obj_state().
*/
struct drm_atomic_state {
+ /**
+ * @ref:
+ *
+ * Count of all references to this update (will not be freed until zero).
+ */
struct kref ref;
+ /**
+ * @dev: Parent DRM Device.
+ */
struct drm_device *dev;
/**
@@ -372,8 +376,27 @@ struct drm_atomic_state {
*
* Allow full modeset. This is used by the ATOMIC IOCTL handler to
* implement the DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_ALLOW_MODESET flag. Drivers should
- * never consult this flag, instead looking at the output of
- * drm_atomic_crtc_needs_modeset().
+ * generally not consult this flag, but instead look at the output of
+ * drm_atomic_crtc_needs_modeset(). The detailed rules are:
+ *
+ * - Drivers must not consult @allow_modeset in the atomic commit path.
+ * Use drm_atomic_crtc_needs_modeset() instead.
+ *
+ * - Drivers must consult @allow_modeset before adding unrelated struct
+ * drm_crtc_state to this commit by calling
+ * drm_atomic_get_crtc_state(). See also the warning in the
+ * documentation for that function.
+ *
+ * - Drivers must never change this flag, it is under the exclusive
+ * control of userspace.
+ *
+ * - Drivers may consult @allow_modeset in the atomic check path, if
+ * they have the choice between an optimal hardware configuration
+ * which requires a modeset, and a less optimal configuration which
+ * can be committed without a modeset. An example would be suboptimal
+ * scanout FIFO allocation resulting in increased idle power
+ * consumption. This allows userspace to avoid flickering and delays
+ * for the normal composition loop at reasonable cost.
*/
bool allow_modeset : 1;
/**
@@ -388,7 +411,12 @@ struct drm_atomic_state {
* flag are not allowed.
*/
bool legacy_cursor_update : 1;
+
+ /**
+ * @async_update: hint for asynchronous plane update
+ */
bool async_update : 1;
+
/**
* @duplicated:
*
@@ -398,13 +426,52 @@ struct drm_atomic_state {
* states.
*/
bool duplicated : 1;
+
+ /**
+ * @planes:
+ *
+ * Pointer to array of @drm_plane and @drm_plane_state part of this
+ * update.
+ */
struct __drm_planes_state *planes;
+
+ /**
+ * @crtcs:
+ *
+ * Pointer to array of @drm_crtc and @drm_crtc_state part of this
+ * update.
+ */
struct __drm_crtcs_state *crtcs;
+
+ /**
+ * @num_connector: size of the @connectors array
+ */
int num_connector;
+
+ /**
+ * @connectors:
+ *
+ * Pointer to array of @drm_connector and @drm_connector_state part of
+ * this update.
+ */
struct __drm_connnectors_state *connectors;
+
+ /**
+ * @num_private_objs: size of the @private_objs array
+ */
int num_private_objs;
+
+ /**
+ * @private_objs:
+ *
+ * Pointer to array of @drm_private_obj and @drm_private_obj_state part
+ * of this update.
+ */
struct __drm_private_objs_state *private_objs;
+ /**
+ * @acquire_ctx: acquire context for this atomic modeset state update
+ */
struct drm_modeset_acquire_ctx *acquire_ctx;
/**
@@ -412,7 +479,7 @@ struct drm_atomic_state {
*
* Used for signaling unbound planes/connectors.
* When a connector or plane is not bound to any CRTC, it's still important
- * to preserve linearity to prevent the atomic states from being freed to early.
+ * to preserve linearity to prevent the atomic states from being freed too early.
*
* This commit (if set) is not bound to any CRTC, but will be completed when
* drm_atomic_helper_commit_hw_done() is called.
@@ -1126,7 +1193,7 @@ struct drm_bridge_state {
struct drm_bus_cfg input_bus_cfg;
/**
- * @output_bus_cfg: input bus configuration
+ * @output_bus_cfg: output bus configuration
*/
struct drm_bus_cfg output_bus_cfg;
};