Re: [PATCH] drm: vmwgfx: constify vmw_fence_ops

[Thomas Hellstrom]

On 08/30/2017 10:30 AM, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 08:21:46AM +0200, Thomas Hellstrom wrote:
> > On 08/30/2017 07:47 AM, Arvind Yadav wrote:
> > > vmw_fence_ops are not supposed to change at runtime. Functions
> > > "dma_fence_init" working with const vmw_fence_ops provided
> > > by <linux/dma-fence.h>. So mark the non-const structs as const.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >    drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fence.c | 2 +-
> > >    1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fence.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fence.c
> > > index b8bc5bc..abc5f03 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fence.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fence.c
> > > @@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ static long vmw_fence_wait(struct dma_fence *f, bool intr, signed long timeout)
> > >    	return ret;
> > >    }
> > > -static struct dma_fence_ops vmw_fence_ops = {
> > > +static const struct dma_fence_ops vmw_fence_ops = {
> > >    	.get_driver_name = vmw_fence_get_driver_name,
> > >    	.get_timeline_name = vmw_fence_get_timeline_name,
> > >    	.enable_signaling = vmw_fence_enable_signaling,
> > Reviewed-by: Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Does this mean you'll merge it, or does this mean you'll expect someone
> else to merge this?
>
> I'm always confused when maintainers reply with an r-b/ack for a patch
> only touching their driver, and no further information at all.
> -Daniel

For patches only touching our driver, I'd say we're always responsible 
for sorting out how it's going to be merged.

Since Sinclair is maintaining the vmwgfx trees I thought I'd give him a 
chance to comment on how he wanted it merged.

/Thomas