Re: [PATCH v2 0/9] drm/i915/display: platform identification with display->is.<PLATFORM>

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On Tue, 24 Sep 2024, Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 24, 2024 at 12:49:25PM GMT, Jani Nikula wrote:
>>On Thu, 29 Aug 2024, Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> On Wed, Aug 28, 2024 at 04:41:24PM -0400, Rodrigo Vivi wrote:
>>>> On Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 09:44:27PM +0300, Jani Nikula wrote:
>>>> > v2 of [1]. Please read the cover letter there.
>>>> >
>>>> > This addresses review comments and adds a few more commits on top, in particular
>>>> > the last one showcasing the approach.
>>>> >
>>>> > The main question remains, is this what we want?
>>>>
>>>> I don't know why, but the 'is' thing is still strange.
>>>>
>>>> I know I know... I'm bad with naming myself.
>>>>
>>>> I think about 'platform' but that get too big
>>>>
>>>> if (display->platform.BROADWELL)
>>>>
>>>> I think about 'gen' but then it is overloaded....
>>>>
>>>> then I think about 'ip' is worse...
>>>>
>>>> 'version'?
>>>>
>>>> 'name'?
>>>>
>>>> if (display->name.HASWELL)...
>>>>
>>>> ....
>>>>
>>>> But well, I like the overall simplification here in general.
>>>> Without a better name to suggest, I guess let's just move ahead...
>>>
>>> One slight concern with the is.foo is whether it complicates finding
>>> things with eg. cscope. But I suppose for platforms that doesn't matter
>>> all that much. For the has_foo stuff it'd be much more relevant.
>>
>>It does make finding things harder with cscope and gnu global, but git
>>grep for is.FOO is pretty accurate.
>>
>>> Anyways, can't think of anything particularly elegant myself either,
>>> so go ahead I guess.
>>
>>So I haven't yet. I just still have that slightly uneasy feeling about
>>whether this is a good thing or not. That doesn't usually make me shy
>>away from things, because you can fix stuff later, but getting this
>>wrong causes so much churn everywhere.
>>
>>The fact that it's not a macro makes it less flexible for future
>>changes. The display->is.FOO is somewhat legible, but could be
>>better. Would all lowercase make it better? I don't know.
>>
>>More alternatives? Not elegant for sure, but just alternatives:
>>
>>- Lowercase names:
>>
>>	if (display->is.rocketlake)
>
> what I really dislike is a struct named "is". Going full mesa-way would
> be slightly better IMO:
>
> 	if (display->is_rockelake)
>
> or
>
> 	if (display->platform_rocketlake)
>
> or
>
> 	if (display->platform.rocketlake)

Fair enough.


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