linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH linux-next] i915: intel_set_mode: Reduce stack allocation from 500 bytes to 2 pointers

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Date:	Fri, 07 Dec 2012 14:05:35 +0200
From:	Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>,
	Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@...onical.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
	Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@...onical.com>,
	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH linux-next] i915: intel_set_mode: Reduce stack allocation from 500 bytes to 2 pointers

On Fri, 07 Dec 2012, Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk> wrote:
> On Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:47:46 +0200, Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
>> 
>> On Thu, 06 Dec 2012, Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@...onical.com> wrote:
>> > +	if (!saved_mode) {
>> > +		pr_err("i915: Could not allocate saved display mode.\n");
>> 
>> Please use DRM_ERROR().
>
> Truthfully neither, but join the growing petition to get real errorcodes
> back to userspace!

Heh, agreed, but in the mean time (i.e. before hell freezes over) I
think we should prefer DRM_ERROR over pr_err for consistency.

Jani.
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