[PATCH 2/3] drm: drm_blend.c: Improve drm_plane_create_rotation_property kernel doc

From: Louis Chauvet
Date: Tue Apr 09 2024 - 06:04:56 EST


The expected behavior of the rotation property was not very clear. Add
more examples to explain what is the expected result.

Signed-off-by: Louis Chauvet <louis.chauvet@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_blend.c | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_blend.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_blend.c
index 8d4b317eb9d7..6fbb8730d8b0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_blend.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_blend.c
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@
* Without this property the rectangle is only scaled, but not rotated or
* reflected.
*
+ * See drm_plane_create_rotation_property() for details about the expected rotation and
+ * reflection behavior.
+ *
* Possbile values:
*
* "rotate-<degrees>":
@@ -114,18 +117,6 @@
* Signals that the contents of a drm plane is reflected along the
* <axis> axis, in the same way as mirroring.
*
- * reflect-x::
- *
- * |o | | o|
- * | | -> | |
- * | v| |v |
- *
- * reflect-y::
- *
- * |o | | ^|
- * | | -> | |
- * | v| |o |
- *
* zpos:
* Z position is set up with drm_plane_create_zpos_immutable_property() and
* drm_plane_create_zpos_property(). It controls the visibility of overlapping
@@ -266,8 +257,41 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_plane_create_alpha_property);
*
* Rotation is the specified amount in degrees in counter clockwise direction,
* the X and Y axis are within the source rectangle, i.e. the X/Y axis before
- * rotation. After reflection, the rotation is applied to the image sampled from
- * the source rectangle, before scaling it to fit the destination rectangle.
+ * rotation.
+ *
+ * Here are some examples of rotation and reflections:
+ *
+ * |o +| REFLECT_X |+ o|
+ * | | ========> | |
+ * | | | |
+ *
+ * |o | REFLECT_Y |+ |
+ * | | ========> | |
+ * |+ | |o |
+ *
+ * |o +| ROTATE_90 |+ |
+ * | | ========> | |
+ * | | |o |
+ *
+ * |o | ROTATE_180 | +|
+ * | | ========> | |
+ * |+ | | o|
+ *
+ * |o | ROTATE_270 |+ o|
+ * | | ========> | |
+ * |+ | | |
+ *
+ * Rotation and reflection can be combined to handle more situations. In this condition, the
+ * reflection is applied first and the rotation in second.
+ *
+ * For example the expected result for DRM_MODE_ROTATE_90 | DRM_MODE_REFLECT_X is:
+ *
+ * |o +| REFLECT_X |+ o| ROTATE_90 |o |
+ * | | ========> | | ========> | |
+ * | | | | |+ |
+ *
+ * It is not possible to pass multiple rotation at the same time. (i.e ROTATE_90 | ROTATE_180 is
+ * not the same as ROTATE_270 and is not accepted).
*/
int drm_plane_create_rotation_property(struct drm_plane *plane,
unsigned int rotation,

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