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@@ -52,7 +52,12 @@
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* drm_modeset_drop_locks(&ctx);
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* drm_modeset_acquire_fini(&ctx);
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*
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- * On top of of these per-object locks using &ww_mutex there's also an overall
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+ * If all that is needed is a single modeset lock, then the &struct
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+ * drm_modeset_acquire_ctx is not needed and the locking can be simplified
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+ * by passing a NULL instead of ctx in the drm_modeset_lock()
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+ * call and, when done, by calling drm_modeset_unlock().
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+ *
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+ * On top of these per-object locks using &ww_mutex there's also an overall
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* &drm_mode_config.mutex, for protecting everything else. Mostly this means
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* probe state of connectors, and preventing hotplug add/removal of connectors.
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*
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@@ -313,11 +318,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_modeset_lock_init);
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* @lock: lock to take
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* @ctx: acquire ctx
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*
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- * If ctx is not NULL, then its ww acquire context is used and the
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+ * If @ctx is not NULL, then its ww acquire context is used and the
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* lock will be tracked by the context and can be released by calling
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* drm_modeset_drop_locks(). If -EDEADLK is returned, this means a
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* deadlock scenario has been detected and it is an error to attempt
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* to take any more locks without first calling drm_modeset_backoff().
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+ *
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+ * If @ctx is NULL then the function call behaves like a normal,
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+ * non-nesting mutex_lock() call.
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*/
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int drm_modeset_lock(struct drm_modeset_lock *lock,
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struct drm_modeset_acquire_ctx *ctx)
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