Hi Geert,
On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 09:43:22AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Sam,
>
> On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 9:05 PM Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 04:58:01PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > Simplify the nested loops to handle conversion from linear frame buffer
> > > to ssd1307 page layout:
> > > 1. Move last page handling one level up, as the value of "m" is the
> > > same inside a page,
> > > 2. array->data[] is filled linearly, so there is no need to
> > > recalculate array_idx over and over again; a simple increment is
> > > sufficient.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/video/fbdev/ssd1307fb.c | 17 ++++++++++-------
> > > 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/ssd1307fb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/ssd1307fb.c
> > > index e6b6263e3bef847f..6d7bd025bca1a175 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/ssd1307fb.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/ssd1307fb.c
> > > @@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ static int ssd1307fb_update_display(struct ssd1307fb_par *par)
> > > u8 *vmem = par->info->screen_buffer;
> > > unsigned int line_length = par->info->fix.line_length;
> > > unsigned int pages = DIV_ROUND_UP(par->height, 8);
> > > + u32 array_idx = 0;
> > > int ret, i, j, k;
> > >
> > > array = ssd1307fb_alloc_array(par->width * pages, SSD1307FB_DATA);
> > > @@ -194,19 +195,21 @@ static int ssd1307fb_update_display(struct ssd1307fb_par *par)
> > > */
> > >
> > > for (i = 0; i < pages; i++) {
> > > + int m = 8;
> > > +
> > > + /* Last page may be partial */
> > > + if (i + 1 == pages && par->height % 8)
> > > + m = par->height % 8;
> > > for (j = 0; j < par->width; j++) {
> > > - int m = 8;
> > > - u32 array_idx = i * par->width + j;
> > > - array->data[array_idx] = 0;
> > > - /* Last page may be partial */
> > > - if (i + 1 == pages && par->height % 8)
> > > - m = par->height % 8;
> > > + u8 data = 0;
> > > +
> > > for (k = 0; k < m; k++) {
> > If the last page is partial then m will be less than 8 for all bytes in
> > j = 0..par-width - but m should only be less than 8 for the last
> > iteration of the loop.
> >
> > Do I miss something or is the code buggy?
>
> "the loop" is the j-loop?
> If m is less than 8 for the last page, it should be less than 8 for
> all iterations of j, as all last bytes in each "line" (visible
> row) are partial, cfr. the comments above the code, explaining the
> representation of the screen.
OK, then the code works as intended. I had not read the comments and
just assume it was only the last byte that was in need of a special
treatment.
So code is fine:
Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> > > u8 byte = vmem[(8 * i + k) * line_length +
> > > j / 8];
> > > u8 bit = (byte >> (j % 8)) & 1;
> > > - array->data[array_idx] |= bit << k;
> > > + data |= bit << k;
> > > }
> > > + array->data[array_idx++] = data;
> > > }
> > > }
>
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
>
> Geert
>
> --
> Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
> when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
> -- Linus Torvalds
