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

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Message-Id: <6c3329$7hpdt5@orsmga002.jf.intel.com>
Date:	Fri, 07 Dec 2012 11:49:54 +0000
From:	Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>
To:	Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
	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 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!
-Chris

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Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre
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