Merge tag 'v4.1.15' into toradex_vf_4.1-nextColibri_VF_LinuxImageV2.5Beta3_20151215

This is the 4.1.15 stable release

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_userptr.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_userptr.c
index 1719078c763a..ce175d05260b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_userptr.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_userptr.c
@@ -776,7 +776,10 @@ static const struct drm_i915_gem_object_ops i915_gem_userptr_ops = {
  * Also note, that the object created here is not currently a "first class"
  * object, in that several ioctls are banned. These are the CPU access
  * ioctls: mmap(), pwrite and pread. In practice, you are expected to use
- * direct access via your pointer rather than use those ioctls.
+ * direct access via your pointer rather than use those ioctls. Another
+ * restriction is that we do not allow userptr surfaces to be pinned to the
+ * hardware and so we reject any attempt to create a framebuffer out of a
+ * userptr.
  *
  * If you think this is a good interface to use to pass GPU memory between
  * drivers, please use dma-buf instead. In fact, wherever possible use