Re: [RFC 4/5] drm: Introduce drm_set_unique()

From: Thierry Reding
Date: Wed Apr 23 2014 - 03:18:43 EST


On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 05:48:07PM +0200, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 05:09:32PM +0200, Thierry Reding wrote:
> > From: Thierry Reding <treding@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Add a helper function that allows drivers to statically set the unique
> > name of the device. This will allow platform and USB drivers to get rid
> > of their DRM bus implementations and directly use drm_dev_alloc() and
> > drm_dev_register().
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding <treding@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
> > drivers/gpu/drm/drm_stub.c | 1 +
> > include/drm/drmP.h | 3 +++
> > 3 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c
> > index 2dd3a6d8382b..371db3bef60c 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c
> > @@ -42,6 +42,20 @@
> > #include <asm/mtrr.h>
> > #endif
> >
> > +int drm_set_unique(struct drm_device *dev, const char *fmt, ...)
>
> Can you please add a bit of kerneldoc for this? drm_ioctl.c isn't yet
> pulled into the drm reference docbook, but better to have it there
> already.

On second thought, wouldn't this be better located in drm_stub.c? It
isn't really related to the IOCTL code except that one of the IOCTLs now
uses the information set by this function. Logically I think it belongs
with the likes of drm_dev_alloc() and drm_dev_register().

Thierry

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