1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/svga/svga_surface.h b/src/gallium/drivers/svga/svga_surface.h
index c166791e1e7..2f003b22cc6 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/svga/svga_surface.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/svga/svga_surface.h
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ struct svga_surface
    struct pipe_surface base;
 
    struct svga_host_surface_cache_key key;
+
+   /*
+    * Note that the handle may point at a secondary / backing resource
+    * created by svga_texture_view_surface() which is something other
+    * than svga_texture(base->texture)->handle.
+    */
    struct svga_winsys_surface *handle;
 
    unsigned real_layer;
@@ -55,6 +61,16 @@ struct svga_surface
 
    /* VGPU10 */
    SVGA3dRenderTargetViewId view_id;
+
+   /*
+    * As with 'handle' above, this may point to a secondary / backing resource.
+    * We can't have one resource bound as both a render target and a shader
+    * resource at the same time.  But we sometimes want to do that, such as
+    * for mipmap generation where we sample from one level and render into
+    * another.
+    * In this situation, the backed surface is the render target while the
+    * original surface is the shader resource.
+    */
    struct svga_surface *backed;
 };