Hi Thomas,
On Thu, Apr 6, 2023 at 4:30 PM Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Generic implementations of fb_pgprotect() and fb_is_primary_device()
> have been in the source code for a long time. Prepare the header file
> to make use of them.
>
> Improve the code by using an inline function for fb_pgprotect()
> and by removing include statements. The default mode set by
> fb_pgprotect() is now writecombine, which is what most platforms
> want.
>
> Symbols are protected by preprocessor guards. Architectures that
> provide a symbol need to define a preprocessor token of the same
> name and value. Otherwise the header file will provide a generic
> implementation. This pattern has been taken from <asm/io.h>.
>
> v2:
> * use writecombine mappings by default (Arnd)
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx>
Thanks for your patch!
> --- a/include/asm-generic/fb.h
> +++ b/include/asm-generic/fb.h
> @@ -1,13 +1,32 @@
> /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> +
> #ifndef __ASM_GENERIC_FB_H_
> #define __ASM_GENERIC_FB_H_
> -#include <linux/fb.h>
>
> -#define fb_pgprotect(...) do {} while (0)
> +/*
> + * Only include this header file from your architecture's <asm/fb.h>.
> + */
> +
> +#include <asm/page.h>
> +
> +struct fb_info;
> +struct file;
> +
> +#ifndef fb_pgprotect
> +#define fb_pgprotect fb_pgprotect
> +static inline void fb_pgprotect(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> + unsigned long off)
Does this affect any noMMU platforms that relied on fb_pgprotect()
doing nothing before?
Perhaps the body below should be protected by "#ifdef CONFIG_MMU"?
> +{
> + vma->vm_page_prot = pgprot_writecombine(vma->vm_page_prot);
Shouldn't this use the pgprot_val() wrapper?
> +}
> +#endif
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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