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-rw-r--r--drivers/media/video/tuner-core.c10
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/tuner-core.c b/drivers/media/video/tuner-core.c
index 1e9c9755dec..88db8b33c86 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/tuner-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/tuner-core.c
@@ -103,7 +103,15 @@ static void fe_release(struct dvb_frontend *fe)
fe->ops.tuner_ops.release(fe);
fe->ops.analog_demod_ops = NULL;
- /* DO NOT kfree(t->fe.analog_demod_priv) */
+
+ /* DO NOT kfree(fe->analog_demod_priv)
+ *
+ * If we are in this function, analog_demod_priv contains a pointer
+ * to struct tuner *t. This will be kfree'd in tuner_detach().
+ *
+ * Otherwise, fe->ops.analog_demod_ops->release will
+ * handle the cleanup for analog demodulator modules.
+ */
fe->analog_demod_priv = NULL;
}