Re: [PATCH v5 12/22] drm/connector: Add a function to lookup a TV mode by its name

[Noralf Trønnes]

Den 18.10.2022 11.33, skrev Maxime Ripard:
> On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 12:44:45PM +0200, Noralf Trønnes wrote:
>> Den 13.10.2022 15.18, skrev Maxime Ripard:
>>> As part of the command line parsing rework coming in the next patches,
>>> we'll need to lookup drm_connector_tv_mode values by their name, already
>>> defined in drm_tv_mode_enum_list.
>>>
>>> In order to avoid any code duplication, let's do a function that will
>>> perform a lookup of a TV mode name and return its value.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>  include/drm/drm_connector.h     |  2 ++
>>>  2 files changed, 26 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c
>>> index 820f4c730b38..30611c616435 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c
>>> @@ -991,6 +991,30 @@ static const struct drm_prop_enum_list drm_tv_mode_enum_list[] = {
>>>  };
>>>  DRM_ENUM_NAME_FN(drm_get_tv_mode_name, drm_tv_mode_enum_list)
>>>  
>>> +/**
>>> + * drm_get_tv_mode_from_name - Translates a TV mode name into its enum value
>>> + * @name: TV Mode name we want to convert
>>> + * @len: Length of @name
>>> + *
>>> + * Translates @name into an enum drm_connector_tv_mode.
>>> + *
>>> + * Returns: the enum value on success, a negative errno otherwise.
>>> + */
>>> +int drm_get_tv_mode_from_name(const char *name, size_t len)
>>
>> Do we really need to pass in length here? item->name has to always be
>> NUL terminated otherwise things would break elsewhere, so it shouldn't
>> be necessary AFAICS.
> 
> The only user so far is the command-line parsing code, and we might very
> well have an option after the tv_mode, something like
> 720x480i,tv_mode=NTSC,rotate=180
> 
> In this case, we won't get a NULL-terminated name.
> 

My point is that item->name will always be NUL terminated so strcmp()
will never look past that.

Noralf.