Re: [PATCH v4 02/11] drm: Add drm_atomic_get_(old|new-_connector_for_encoder() helpers

[Daniel Vetter]

On Wed, May 08, 2019 at 12:09:07PM -0400, Sean Paul wrote:
> From: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Add functions to the atomic core to retrieve the old and new connectors
> associated with an encoder in a drm_atomic_state. This is useful for
> encoders and bridges that need to access the connector, for instance for
> the drm_display_info.
> 
> The CRTC associated with the encoder can also be retrieved through the
> connector state, and from it, the old and new CRTC states.
> 
> Changed in v4:
> - Added to the set
> 
> Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel@xxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> [seanpaul removed WARNs from helpers and added docs to explain why
> returning NULL might be valid]
> Signed-off-by: Sean Paul <seanpaul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/drm/drm_atomic.h     |  7 ++++
>  2 files changed, 77 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
> index 5eb40130fafb..936002495523 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
> @@ -797,6 +797,76 @@ drm_atomic_get_private_obj_state(struct drm_atomic_state *state,
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_atomic_get_private_obj_state);
>  
> +/**
> + * drm_atomic_get_old_connector_for_encoder - Get old connector for an encoder
> + * @state: Atomic state
> + * @encoder: The encoder to fetch the connector state for
> + *
> + * This function finds and returns the connector that was connected to @encoder
> + * as specified by the @state.
> + *
> + * If there is no connector in @state which previously had @encoder connected to
> + * it, this function will return NULL. While this may seem like an invalid use
> + * case, it is sometimes a useful to differentiate commits which had no prior
> + * connectors attached to @encoder vs ones that did (and to inspect their
> + * @state). This is especially true in enable hooks because the pipeline has
> + * changed/will change.

s/has changed// ... I meant you'll pick the right ver tense :-)

> + *
> + * Returns: The old connector connected to @encoder, or NULL if the encoder is
> + * not connected.
> + */
> +struct drm_connector *
> +drm_atomic_get_old_connector_for_encoder(struct drm_atomic_state *state,
> +					 struct drm_encoder *encoder)
> +{
> +	struct drm_connector_state *conn_state;
> +	struct drm_connector *connector;
> +	unsigned int i;
> +
> +	for_each_old_connector_in_state(state, connector, conn_state, i) {
> +		if (conn_state->best_encoder == encoder)
> +			return connector;
> +	}
> +
> +	return NULL;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_atomic_get_old_connector_for_encoder);
> +
> +/**
> + * drm_atomic_get_new_connector_for_encoder - Get new connector for an encoder
> + * @state: Atomic state
> + * @encoder: The encoder to fetch the connector state for
> + *
> + * This function finds and returns the connector that will be connected to
> + * @encoder as specified by the @state.
> + *
> + * If there is no connector in @state which will have @encoder connected to it,
> + * this function will return NULL. While this may seem like an invalid use case,
> + * it is sometimes a useful to differentiate commits which have no connectors
> + * attached to @encoder vs ones that do (and to inspect their state). This is
> + * especially true in disable hooks because the pipeline has changed/will
> + * change.

s/will change//

> + *
> + * Returns: The new connector connected to @encoder, or NULL if the encoder is
> + * not connected.
> + */
> +struct drm_connector *
> +drm_atomic_get_new_connector_for_encoder(struct drm_atomic_state *state,
> +					 struct drm_encoder *encoder)
> +{
> +	struct drm_connector_state *conn_state;
> +	struct drm_connector *connector;
> +	unsigned int i;
> +
> +	for_each_new_connector_in_state(state, connector, conn_state, i) {
> +		if (conn_state->best_encoder == encoder)
> +			return connector;
> +	}
> +
> +	return NULL;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_atomic_get_new_connector_for_encoder);

Maybe also add a "See also drm_atomic_get_old_connector_for_encoder() and
drm_atomic_get_new_connector_for_encoder()." to the kerneldoc of
drm_connector_state.best_encoder.

With these doc nits:

Reviewed-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@xxxxxxxx>

> +
>  /**
>   * drm_atomic_get_connector_state - get connector state
>   * @state: global atomic state object
> diff --git a/include/drm/drm_atomic.h b/include/drm/drm_atomic.h
> index 824a5ed4e216..d6b3acd34e1c 100644
> --- a/include/drm/drm_atomic.h
> +++ b/include/drm/drm_atomic.h
> @@ -453,6 +453,13 @@ struct drm_private_state * __must_check
>  drm_atomic_get_private_obj_state(struct drm_atomic_state *state,
>  				 struct drm_private_obj *obj);
>  
> +struct drm_connector *
> +drm_atomic_get_old_connector_for_encoder(struct drm_atomic_state *state,
> +					 struct drm_encoder *encoder);
> +struct drm_connector *
> +drm_atomic_get_new_connector_for_encoder(struct drm_atomic_state *state,
> +					 struct drm_encoder *encoder);
> +
>  /**
>   * drm_atomic_get_existing_crtc_state - get crtc state, if it exists
>   * @state: global atomic state object
> -- 
> Sean Paul, Software Engineer, Google / Chromium OS
> 

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Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
http://blog.ffwll.ch