Re: [PATCH v2 4/6] drm/fourcc: Pass the format_info pointer to drm_format_plane_cpp

From: Ville Syrjälä
Date: Mon May 13 2019 - 09:13:15 EST


On Sun, May 12, 2019 at 07:30:54PM +0200, Maxime Ripard wrote:
> Hi Ville,
>
> On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 07:00:31PM +0300, Ville Syrjälä wrote:
> > On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 01:08:49PM +0200, Maxime Ripard wrote:
> > > So far, the drm_format_plane_cpp function was operating on the format's
> > > fourcc and was doing a lookup to retrieve the drm_format_info structure and
> > > return the cpp.
> > >
> > > However, this is inefficient since in most cases, we will have the
> > > drm_format_info pointer already available so we shouldn't have to perform a
> > > new lookup. Some drm_fourcc functions also already operate on the
> > > drm_format_info pointer for that reason, so the API is quite inconsistent
> > > there.
> > >
> > > Let's follow the latter pattern and remove the extra lookup while being a
> > > bit more consistent. In order to be extra consistent, also rename that
> > > function to drm_format_info_plane_cpp and to a static function in the
> > > header to match the current policy.
> >
> > Is there any point keeping the function at all?
> > It's just info->cpp[i] no?
>
> You're right, we can remove it.
>
> Do you want this to be done in that patch or a subsequent one?

I don't mind either way.

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Ville Syrjälä
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