diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/drm-mm.rst b/Documentation/gpu/drm-mm.rst index 1839762044be..5ba2ead8f317 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpu/drm-mm.rst +++ b/Documentation/gpu/drm-mm.rst @@ -178,11 +178,8 @@ GEM Objects Lifetime -------------------- All GEM objects are reference-counted by the GEM core. References can be -acquired and release by calling drm_gem_object_get() and drm_gem_object_put() -respectively. The caller must hold the :c:type:`struct drm_device ` -struct_mutex lock when calling drm_gem_object_get(). As a convenience, GEM -provides drm_gem_object_put_unlocked() functions that can be called without -holding the lock. +acquired and release by calling drm_gem_object_get() and drm_gem_object_put_unlocked() +respectively. When the last reference to a GEM object is released the GEM core calls the :c:type:`struct drm_driver ` gem_free_object_unlocked