Re: [PATCH v2 01/19] fbdev: Prepare generic architecture helpers

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Thu Apr 06 2023 - 10:40:24 EST


On Thu, Apr 6, 2023, at 16:30, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> Generic implementations of fb_pgprotect() and fb_is_primary_device()
> have been in the source code for a long time. Prepare the header file
> to make use of them.
>
> Improve the code by using an inline function for fb_pgprotect()
> and by removing include statements. The default mode set by
> fb_pgprotect() is now writecombine, which is what most platforms
> want.
>
> Symbols are protected by preprocessor guards. Architectures that
> provide a symbol need to define a preprocessor token of the same
> name and value. Otherwise the header file will provide a generic
> implementation. This pattern has been taken from <asm/io.h>.
>
> v2:
> * use writecombine mappings by default (Arnd)
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>