Re: [PATCH 09/17] auxdisplay: Remove flag FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT from fbdev drivers

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On Mon, Jul 10, 2023 at 3:01 PM Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The flag FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT is 0 and has no effect, as struct
> fbinfo.flags has been allocated to zero by framebuffer_alloc(). So do
> not set it.

`framebuffer_alloc()` does indeed use `kzalloc()`, but the docs do not
mention the zeroing. Should that guarantee be documented?

> Flags should signal differences from the default values. After cleaning
> up all occurences of FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT, the token can be removed.

occurences -> occurrences

can -> will maybe? Since the intention of the patch series is to
remove it (them) altogether).

Thanks!

Cheers,
Miguel




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