Re: [PATCH 1/3] drm: Add separate state structure for legacy, non-KMS drivers

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Hi Emil

Am 25.02.20 um 18:37 schrieb Emil Velikov:
> Hi Thomas,
> 
> On Tuesday, 25 February 2020, Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx
> <mailto:tzimmermann@xxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>     Non-KMS drivers store state in struct drm_driver. This bloats the
>     structure for KMS drivers and prevents it from being declared with
>     'static const' qualifiers. Moving the non-KMS state into a separate
>     data structure resolves this.
> 
> 
> Have you considered subclassing the const drm_driver for legacy drivers.
> This way the legacy (pointer) data does not need to be exposed to
> non-legacy drivers.

I didn't want to do an upcast each time the legacy data is required. I
know that subclassing is closer to the style of current DRM, but given
the current code base, the additional legacy pointer seemed like the
lesser evil.

Best regards
Thomas

> 
> Not to mention that const data (drm_driver), which has (const) pointer
> to mutable data (legacy bits) is a trap IMHO
> 
> Emil

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