[PATCH] drm/todo: Add idr_init_base todo

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Suggested-by: Chris Wilson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Chris Wilson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Chris Wilson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/gpu/todo.rst | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst
index 1e593370f64f..1a0a413eeced 100644
--- a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst
+++ b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst
@@ -212,6 +212,16 @@ probably use drm_fb_helper_fbdev_teardown().
 
 Contact: Maintainer of the driver you plan to convert
 
+idr_init_base()
+---------------
+
+DRM core&drivers uses a lot of idr (integer lookup directories) for mapping
+userspace IDs to internal objects, and in most places ID=0 means NULL and hence
+is never used. Switching to idr_init_base() for these would make the idr more
+efficient.
+
+Contact: Daniel Vetter
+
 Core refactorings
 =================
 
-- 
2.15.1

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