Re: [PATCH 1/6] dma-buf: Remove old lies about dma_fence_wait_any_timeout() not accepting some fences

[Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>]

On Thu, 09 Apr 2026, Ville Syrjala <ville.syrjala@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> From: Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala@linux.intel.com>
>
> commit 796422f227ee ("dma-fence: Allow wait_any_timeout for all
> fences") made dma_fence_wait_any_timeout() accept any fence, even
> one with a custom .wait() implementation. Update the docs to match.
>
> Cc: Simona Vetter <simona.vetter@ffwll.ch>
> Cc: Christian König <christian.koenig@amd.com>
> Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>
> Cc: Jouni Högander <jouni.hogander@intel.com>
> Cc: Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@linux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala@linux.intel.com>

Reviewed-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>

> ---
>  drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c | 5 ++---
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c
> index 1826ba73094c..2c623c0221e2 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c
> @@ -884,9 +884,8 @@ dma_fence_test_signaled_any(struct dma_fence **fences, uint32_t count,
>   * @idx: used to store the first signaled fence index, meaningful only on
>   *	positive return
>   *
> - * Returns -EINVAL on custom fence wait implementation, -ERESTARTSYS if
> - * interrupted, 0 if the wait timed out, or the remaining timeout in jiffies
> - * on success.
> + * Returns -ERESTARTSYS if interrupted, 0 if the wait timed out,
> + * or the remaining timeout in jiffies on success.
>   *
>   * Synchronous waits for the first fence in the array to be signaled. The
>   * caller needs to hold a reference to all fences in the array, otherwise a

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Jani Nikula, Intel