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Message-ID: <20180228163430.GB20827@e110455-lin.cambridge.arm.com>
Date:   Wed, 28 Feb 2018 16:34:30 +0000
From:   Liviu Dudau <Liviu.Dudau@....com>
To:     Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     DRI-devel <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/drm_ioctl.c: Test client capability value early when
 setting.

On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 05:57:15PM +0200, Ville Syrjälä wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 03:44:44PM +0000, Liviu Dudau wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 05:40:41PM +0200, Ville Syrjälä wrote:
> > > On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 03:27:41PM +0000, Liviu Dudau wrote:
> > > > The drm_setclientcap() function implementing the DRM_IOCTL_SET_CLIENT_CAP
> > > > ioctl expects that any capability set by the client will have a value of 1.
> > > > Make the check early so that we don't have to test the value for each
> > > > capability.
> > > 
> > > What if we want a a non-boolean capability at some point?
> > 
> > Well, I'm adding another boolean capability soon, so you will be going
> > against the trend :)
> 
> Plenty of non-bools in driver specific counterparts I believe.

So, is that a NACK? 

> 
> > I guess you will have 2 options: revert the patch or add a condition to
> > the test.
> > 
> > I don't have strong feelings, just felt like too much copying when
> > adding another capability so I thought to do some "cleanup".
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > Liviu
> > 
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Liviu Dudau <liviu.dudau@....com>
> > > > ---
> > > >  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c | 9 +++------
> > > >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c
> > > > index af782911c505..02ffa0e8d77b 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c
> > > > @@ -306,22 +306,19 @@ drm_setclientcap(struct drm_device *dev, void *data, struct drm_file *file_priv)
> > > >  {
> > > >  	struct drm_set_client_cap *req = data;
> > > >  
> > > > +	if (req->value > 1)
> > > > +		return -EINVAL;
> > > > +
> > > >  	switch (req->capability) {
> > > >  	case DRM_CLIENT_CAP_STEREO_3D:
> > > > -		if (req->value > 1)
> > > > -			return -EINVAL;
> > > >  		file_priv->stereo_allowed = req->value;
> > > >  		break;
> > > >  	case DRM_CLIENT_CAP_UNIVERSAL_PLANES:
> > > > -		if (req->value > 1)
> > > > -			return -EINVAL;
> > > >  		file_priv->universal_planes = req->value;
> > > >  		break;
> > > >  	case DRM_CLIENT_CAP_ATOMIC:
> > > >  		if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_ATOMIC))
> > > >  			return -EINVAL;
> > > > -		if (req->value > 1)
> > > > -			return -EINVAL;
> > > >  		file_priv->atomic = req->value;
> > > >  		file_priv->universal_planes = req->value;
> > > >  		break;
> > > > -- 
> > > > 2.16.2
> > > > 
> > > > _______________________________________________
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> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > Ville Syrjälä
> > > Intel OTC
> > 
> > -- 
> > ====================
> > | I would like to |
> > | fix the world,  |
> > | but they're not |
> > | giving me the   |
> >  \ source code!  /
> >   ---------------
> >     ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
> 
> -- 
> Ville Syrjälä
> Intel OTC

-- 
====================
| I would like to |
| fix the world,  |
| but they're not |
| giving me the   |
 \ source code!  /
  ---------------
    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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