linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 4/5] drm: Introduce drm_set

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Date:	Wed, 23 Apr 2014 09:17:16 +0200
From:	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>
To:	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Russell King <rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [RFC 4/5] drm: Introduce drm_set_unique()

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@...dia.com>
> > 
> > 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@...dia.com>
> > ---
> >  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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