Hi
On 20.10.20 16:39, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> It's the horror and shouldn't be used. Realized we're not clear on
> this in a discussion with Rob about what msm is doing to better
> support async commits.
>
> Cc: Rob Clark <robdclark@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Maxime Ripard <mripard@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: David Airlie <airlied@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/drm/drm_atomic.h | 12 +++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/drm/drm_atomic.h b/include/drm/drm_atomic.h
> index d07c851d255b..413fd0ca56a8 100644
> --- a/include/drm/drm_atomic.h
> +++ b/include/drm/drm_atomic.h
> @@ -308,7 +308,6 @@ struct __drm_private_objs_state {
> * struct drm_atomic_state - the global state object for atomic updates
> * @ref: count of all references to this state (will not be freed until zero)
> * @dev: parent DRM device
> - * @legacy_cursor_update: hint to enforce legacy cursor IOCTL semantics
> * @async_update: hint for asynchronous plane update
> * @planes: pointer to array of structures with per-plane data
> * @crtcs: pointer to array of CRTC pointers
> @@ -336,6 +335,17 @@ struct drm_atomic_state {
> * drm_atomic_crtc_needs_modeset().
> */
> bool allow_modeset : 1;
> + /**
> + * @legacy_cursor_update:
> + *
> + * Hint to enforce legacy cursor IOCTL semantics.
> + *
> + * WARNING: This is thoroughly broken and pretty much impossible to
> + * implement correctly. Drivers must ignore this and should instead
> + * implement &drm_plane_helper_funcs.atomic_async_check and
> + * &drm_plane_helper_funcs.atomic_async_commit hooks. New users of this
> + * flag are not allowed.
> + */
> bool legacy_cursor_update : 1;
The text could also say why the field exists in the first place. If it's
supposed to go away, you could add an item to the TODO list.
Best regards
Thomas
> bool async_update : 1;
> /**
>
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Thomas Zimmermann
Graphics Driver Developer
SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH
Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany
(HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg)
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