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diff --git a/include/drm/drm_modeset_helper_vtables.h b/include/drm/drm_modeset_helper_vtables.h
index b55f21857a98..686feec6b4c8 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_modeset_helper_vtables.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_modeset_helper_vtables.h
@@ -523,12 +523,41 @@ struct drm_encoder_helper_funcs {
*
* This callback is used both by the legacy CRTC helpers and the atomic
* modeset helpers. It is optional in the atomic helpers.
+ *
+ * NOTE:
+ *
+ * If the driver uses the atomic modeset helpers and needs to inspect
+ * the connector state or connector display info during mode setting,
+ * @atomic_mode_set can be used instead.
*/
void (*mode_set)(struct drm_encoder *encoder,
struct drm_display_mode *mode,
struct drm_display_mode *adjusted_mode);
/**
+ * @atomic_mode_set:
+ *
+ * This callback is used to update the display mode of an encoder.
+ *
+ * Note that the display pipe is completely off when this function is
+ * called. Drivers which need hardware to be running before they program
+ * the new display mode (because they implement runtime PM) should not
+ * use this hook, because the helper library calls it only once and not
+ * every time the display pipeline is suspended using either DPMS or the
+ * new "ACTIVE" property. Such drivers should instead move all their
+ * encoder setup into the ->enable() callback.
+ *
+ * This callback is used by the atomic modeset helpers in place of the
+ * @mode_set callback, if set by the driver. It is optional and should
+ * be used instead of @mode_set if the driver needs to inspect the
+ * connector state or display info, since there is no direct way to
+ * go from the encoder to the current connector.
+ */
+ void (*atomic_mode_set)(struct drm_encoder *encoder,
+ struct drm_crtc_state *crtc_state,
+ struct drm_connector_state *conn_state);
+
+ /**
* @get_crtc:
*
* This callback is used by the legacy CRTC helpers to work around