linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/10] drm/sun4i: Add a dedicated ioctl call for allocating tiled buffers

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Date:   Tue, 27 Mar 2018 16:48:56 +0200
From:   Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...tlin.com>
To:     Paul Kocialkowski <paul.kocialkowski@...tlin.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>, Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...el.com>,
        Gustavo Padovan <gustavo@...ovan.org>,
        Sean Paul <seanpaul@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/10] drm/sun4i: Add a dedicated ioctl call for
 allocating tiled buffers

On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 10:41:38AM +0200, Paul Kocialkowski wrote:
> > > +int drm_sun4i_gem_create_tiled(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
> > > +			       struct drm_file *file_priv);
> > 
> > Do you need it to be non-static, and part of the header as well?
> 
> Here as well, I just find that it looks more readable that way, below
> the drm driver structure definition instead of above it.

But it also creates a global symbol for no particular reason, while
we're doing the function-first-structure-later pattern pretty much
everywhere else in the kernel.

Maxime

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Maxime Ripard, Bootlin (formerly Free Electrons)
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com

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