linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 02/35] drm/connector: Rename subconnector state variable

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Date:   Mon, 8 Aug 2022 14:26:37 +0200
From:   Noralf Trønnes <noralf@...nnes.org>
To:     Maxime Ripard <maxime@...no.tech>,
        Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@...il.com>,
        Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@...glemail.com>,
        Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>,
        Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>,
        Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@...libre.com>,
        Samuel Holland <samuel@...lland.org>,
        Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>, Emma Anholt <emma@...olt.net>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>,
        Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>,
        Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@...libre.com>,
        Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-sunxi@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Phil Elwell <phil@...pberrypi.com>,
        Mateusz Kwiatkowski <kfyatek+publicgit@...il.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Dave Stevenson <dave.stevenson@...pberrypi.com>,
        linux-amlogic@...ts.infradead.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        Dom Cobley <dom@...pberrypi.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 02/35] drm/connector: Rename subconnector state
 variable



Den 29.07.2022 18.34, skrev Maxime Ripard:
> There is two TV subconnector related properties registered by
> drm_mode_create_tv_properties(): subconnector and select subconnector.
> 
> While the select subconnector property is stored in the kernel by the
> drm_tv_connector_state structure, the subconnector property isn't stored
> anywhere.
> 
> Worse, the select subconnector property is stored in a field called
> subconnector, creating some ambiguity about which property content we're
> accessing.
> 
> Let's rename that field to one called select_subconnector to make it move
> obvious what it's about.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime@...no.tech>
> 

Reviewed-by: Noralf Trønnes <noralf@...nnes.org>