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drm/doc: add WARNING for drm_device::struct_mutex

The mutex should be used, only by legacy drivers. Add a big warning to
deter people from using it.

Suggested-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
Signed-off-by: Emil Velikov <emil.velikov@collabora.com>
Acked-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20200515095118.2743122-6-emil.l.velikov@gmail.com

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include/drm/drm_device.h
··· 146 146 * @struct_mutex: 147 147 * 148 148 * Lock for others (not &drm_minor.master and &drm_file.is_master) 149 + * 150 + * WARNING: 151 + * Only drivers annotated with DRIVER_LEGACY should be using this. 149 152 */ 150 153 struct mutex struct_mutex; 151 154