Re: [PATCH v2] drm/drm_file.c: Define drm_send_event_helper() as 'static'

From: Daniel Vetter
Date: Tue Apr 27 2021 - 05:12:51 EST


On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 10:00:51PM +0200, Fabio M. De Francesco wrote:
> drm_send_event_helper() has not prototype, it has internal linkage and
> therefore it should be defined with storage class 'static'.
>
> Signed-off-by: Fabio M. De Francesco <fmdefrancesco@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Changes from v1: As suggested by Daniel Vetter, removed unnecessary
> kernel-doc comments.
>
> drivers/gpu/drm/drm_file.c | 10 +++-------
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_file.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_file.c
> index 7efbccffc2ea..a32e0d4f3604 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_file.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_file.c
> @@ -774,19 +774,15 @@ void drm_event_cancel_free(struct drm_device *dev,
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_event_cancel_free);
>
> -/**
> +/*
> * drm_send_event_helper - send DRM event to file descriptor
> - * @dev: DRM device
> - * @e: DRM event to deliver
> - * @timestamp: timestamp to set for the fence event in kernel's CLOCK_MONOTONIC
> - * time domain
> *
> - * This helper function sends the event @e, initialized with
> + * This helper function sends the event e, initialized with

Sorry I wasn't clear, I don't think there's anything useful at all in this
comment, so best to entirely remove it. Not just the kerneldoc header. Can
you pls respin?
-Daniel

> * drm_event_reserve_init(), to its associated userspace DRM file.
> * The timestamp variant of dma_fence_signal is used when the caller
> * sends a valid timestamp.
> */
> -void drm_send_event_helper(struct drm_device *dev,
> +static void drm_send_event_helper(struct drm_device *dev,
> struct drm_pending_event *e, ktime_t timestamp)
> {
> assert_spin_locked(&dev->event_lock);
> --
> 2.31.1
>

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