Hi Sam, On Sat, Mar 07, 2020 at 09:08:13PM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > On Fri, Mar 06, 2020 at 04:18:52PM +0100, Thomas Zimmermann wrote: > > Am 06.03.20 um 15:22 schrieb Laurent Pinchart: > > > On Thu, Mar 05, 2020 at 04:59:28PM +0100, Thomas Zimmermann wrote: > > >> A call to drm_simple_encoder_init() initializes an encoder without > > >> further functionality. It only provides the destroy callback to > > >> cleanup the encoder's state. Only few drivers implement more > > >> sophisticated encoders than that. Most drivers implement such a > > >> simple encoder and can use drm_simple_encoder_init() instead. > > >> > > >> The patchset converts drivers where the encoder's instance is > > >> embedded in a larger data structure. The driver releases the > > >> memory during cleanup. Each patch replaces drm_encoder_init() with > > >> drm_simple_encoder_init() and removes the (now unused) driver's > > >> encoder functions. > > >> > > >> While the patchset is fairly large, the indiviual patches are self- > > >> contained and can be merged independently from each other. The > > >> simple-encoder functionality is currently in drm-misc-next, where > > >> these patches could go as well. > > > > > > I've reviewed the whole series, including verifying that the few > > > instances of struct drm_encoder_funcs that were not declared const were > > > not modified somewhere to add more function pointers. > > > > > > Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Thanks for the detailed review. > > > > > for all the patches. > > > > > > However, I'd like to note that drm_simple_encoder_init() is a bit of a > > > misnommer here. Several of the encoders in those drivers to implement > > > additional functionality. They just expose them through > > > drm_encoder_helper_funcs, not drm_encoder_funcs. > > > > True. It's called 'simple encoder' for the lack of a better name. It's > > part of the simple KMS helpers, so the name's at least consistent. OTOH > > I always find drm_simple_display_pipe a bad name. > > > > We can still rename the simple-encoder function without much effort. I'm > > open for suggestions. > > IMO this does not belong in drm_simple_kms - but in drm_encoder. > This only occurs to me after looking a bit more on the patches, > you would have loved to get this feedback earlier. > > Most users do not need their owm drm_encoder_funcs definition, > and would be happy with the default as provided by drm_simple_* > > As the cleanup is handled automatically when the drm device > is teared down (in mode_config_rest()) I considered if we could here > use the drmm_ namespace - but that felt wrong. > > My proposal is the following: > - Move the implementation to drm_encoder.c > - Name it drm_encoder_init_nofuncs() Or better, rename the existing drm_encoder_init() to drm_encoder_init_funcs(), and rename drm_simple_encoder_init() to drm_encoder_init() ? It's the common case. > The patches posted in this thread would be a little simpler > as they would loose the added include file. > And the three drivers using the current infrastructure would need a > small update. > > I you decide to keep the current approach where the > functions are in drm_simple_* then the full series is: > Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > But I think moving it to drm_encoder.c would be the approach that would > make it simpler to understand/follow. So that get my (biased) vote. -- Regards, Laurent Pinchart
