Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH] drm: Rename crtc_idr as object_idr to KMS cleanups

[Shayenne Moura]

On 10/31, Julia Lawall wrote:
> 
> 
> On Wed, 31 Oct 2018, Shayenne da Luz Moura wrote:
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> > Rename 'drm_mode_config.crtc_idr' as 'drm_mode_config.object_idr',
> > as proposed in the task description in TODO list for KMS cleanups.
> 
> Is object_idr a field that already exists?  If so, "Rename" is not the
> best choice of words.  It should be something like "use the object_idr
> field instead of the crtc_idr field" and then explain why.  "task
> description in TODO list for KMS cleanups" isn't very helpful to
> understand why the change should be made.
>
> julia

Hi Julia,

Thank you for your review!

This patch is to solve this TODO task:
 drm_mode_config.crtc_idr is misnamed, since it contains all KMS object. 
 Should be renamed to drm_mode_config.object_idr.

Do you think I need to use this description in my commit message?

Best,
Shayenne