Re: [PATCH] drm/i915/fbc: Avoid full proxy f_ops for FBC debug attributes

From: Deepak R Varma
Date: Tue Jan 10 2023 - 01:50:54 EST


On Mon, Jan 09, 2023 at 02:06:13PM -0500, Rodrigo Vivi wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 08, 2023 at 01:33:41AM +0530, Deepak R Varma wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 05, 2023 at 09:13:35AM +0100, Julia Lawall wrote:
> > > > Hi Julia, thanks for helping here.
> > > >
> > > > So, my question is why this
> > > >
> > > > make coccicheck M=drivers/gpu/drm/i915/ MODE=context COCCI=./scripts/coccinelle/api/debugfs/debugfs_simple_attr.cocci
> > > >
> > > > didn't catch this chunck:
> > > >
> > > > - debugfs_create_file("i915_fbc_false_color", 0644, parent,
> > > > - fbc, &intel_fbc_debugfs_false_color_fops);
> > > > + debugfs_create_file_unsafe("i915_fbc_false_color", 0644, parent,
> > > > + fbc, &intel_fbc_debugfs_false_color_fops);
> > > >
> > > > When I run it it only catches and replaces this:
> > > >
> > > > - DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(dsa_fops, dsa_get, dsa_set, dsa_fmt);
> > > > + DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE(dsa_fops, dsa_get, dsa_set, dsa_fmt);
> > >
> > > There is something strange in your question. You have MODE=context but
> > > you show the output for MODE=patch. The rule dcf matches a call to
> > > debugfs_create_file, and the context rule matching DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE
> > > is only activated if dcf succeeds. So when the context rule gives a
> > > report, there is always a corresponding call to debugfs_create_file in the
> > > same file, it is just not highlighted. So the request is that it should
> > > be highlighted as well?
> >
> > Hello Rodrigo,
> > Not trying to speak for you, but I think Julia's comment appears to be the
> > correct interpretation of your observation. Would you mind confirming/clarifying
> > and suggest next steps for this proposal?
>
> doh! newby coccinelle user detected! My bad, sorry!
>
> make coccicheck M=drivers/gpu/drm/i915/ MODE=patch COCCI=./scripts/coccinelle/api/debugfs/debugfs_simple_attr.cocci
>
> do shows everything.
>
> So, could you please mention this line in the commit message so we don't forget that?
Sure, I will do that.

>
> Also could you please provide patches for the other cases?
> 1 patch for each file is desirable in this case since it touches different areas.
Sounds good. I will separate patches one per file and send in a series as
appropriate.

Thank you,
./drv

>
> >
> > Thank you,
> > ./drv
> >
> > >
> > > julia
> > >
> >
> >