linux-kernel - Re: [05/11] drm/tests: helpers: Create an helper to allocate a locking ctx

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Date:   Wed, 19 Jul 2023 21:12:14 +0200
From:   Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
To:     suijingfeng <suijingfeng@...ngson.cn>,
        Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>,
        Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
        Emma Anholt <emma@...olt.net>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [05/11] drm/tests: helpers: Create an helper to allocate a
 locking ctx

suijingfeng <suijingfeng@...ngson.cn> writes:

> Hi,
>
> On 2023/7/10 15:47, Maxime Ripard wrote:

[...]

>> +
>> +/**
>> + * drm_kunit_helper_context_alloc - Allocates an acquire context
>> + * @test: The test context object
>> + *
>> + * Allocates and initializes a modeset acquire context.
>> + *
>> + * The context is tied to the kunit test context, so we must not call
>> + * drm_modeset_acquire_fini() on it, it will be done so automatically.
>> + *
>> + * Returns:
>> + * An ERR_PTR on error, a pointer to the newly allocated context otherwise
>> + */
>> +struct drm_modeset_acquire_ctx *
>> +drm_kunit_helper_acquire_ctx_alloc(struct kunit *test)
>> +{
>> +	struct drm_modeset_acquire_ctx *ctx;
>> +	int ret;
>> +
>> +	ctx = kunit_kzalloc(test, sizeof(*ctx), GFP_KERNEL);
>> +	KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(test, ctx);
>> +
>> +	drm_modeset_acquire_init(ctx, 0);
>> +
>> +	ret = kunit_add_action_or_reset(test,
>> +					action_drm_release_context,
>> +					ctx);
>> +	if (ret)
>> +		return ERR_PTR(ret);
>> +
>> +	return ctx;
>> +}
>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(drm_kunit_helper_acquire_ctx_alloc);
>> +
>
> I think all of the patch inside this series are quite well.
>
> Personally, I can't find problems in it.
>
>
> But I still want to ask a question:
>
> Should the managed functions you introduced be prefixed with drmm_ 
> (instead of drm_) ?
>

That's a good question. But personally I think that the drmm_ prefix
should be reserved for drm_device managed resources and helpers.

> As mindless programmer may still want to call drm_modeset_acquire_fini() 
> on the pointer returned by
>
> drm_kunit_helper_acquire_ctx_alloc()?
>

The function kernel-doc already mentions that there's no need to do that
and that will be done automatically by kunit. So shouldn't be different of
other functions helper where the programmer didn't read the documentation.

-- 
Best regards,

Javier Martinez Canillas
Core Platforms
Red Hat