linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 3/8] drm: Remove usage of deprecated DRM

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Date:   Tue, 6 Jun 2023 17:46:25 +0300
From:   Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>
To:     Siddh Raman Pant <code@...dh.me>
Cc:     Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>,
        Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        Andrzej Hajda <andrzej.hajda@...el.com>,
        Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@...aro.org>,
        Robert Foss <rfoss@...nel.org>,
        Jonas Karlman <jonas@...boo.se>,
        Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@...il.com>,
        Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
        dri-devel <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Suraj Upadhyay <usuraj35@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 3/8] drm: Remove usage of deprecated DRM_INFO

On Tue, Jun 06, 2023 at 08:08:27PM +0530, Siddh Raman Pant wrote:
> On Tue, 06 Jun 2023 19:53:22 +0530, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > Hi Siddh,
> > 
> > Thank you for the patch.
> 
> Anytime :)
> 
> > Any plan to remove it from drivers as well ? If not you should mention
> > in the commit message (probably in the subject line itself) that you're
> > only addressing the DRM core.
> > 
> > Same comment for further patches in this series.
> 
> Yeah, this patch set aims to replace just in drm core (as mentioned in
> the cover).
> 
> I thought "drm" would suffice since I did not specify a specific driver
> like i915. So the subject line should say "drm core: ..."?

I would write

drm: Remove usage of deprecated DRM_INFO in DRM core

The "drm: " prefix doesn't imply you're touching the core only, you
could do a tree-wide change that also touches all drivers.

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart