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Re: [PATCH] drm: Add helper macro for duplicating custom drm_*_state

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On Thu, Feb 09, 2017 at 03:41:42PM +0000, Mihail Atanassov wrote:
> Assuming a derived struct of the form:
> 
> struct foo_bar_state
> {
> 	struct drm_bar_state bar_state;
> 	struct foo_private priv;
> 	struct foo_private2 *priv2;
> };
> 
> memcpy priv and priv2 to the new instance of foo_bar_state. The
> intention is to use this macro in ->atomic_duplicate_state in conjunction with
> __drm_atomic_helper_*_duplicate_state, which already copies the relevant
> drm_*_state struct.
> 
> There's an equality check for new_state and old_state to ensure that
> they are distinct instances of the same type, and a BUILD_BUG if the
> base struct (bar_state in the above example) is not first in the derived
> struct, to avoid missing any data before it and corrupting the base's data.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mihail Atanassov <mihail.atanassov@arm.com>

Seems reasonable, but I don't have any strong opinions about it's
usefulness. Converting a few drivers (to really establish it as a
pattern), or at least a few acks from maintainers, to prove that it's a
good idea, and I'll merge this.
-Daniel

> ---
>  include/drm/drm_atomic_helper.h | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/drm/drm_atomic_helper.h b/include/drm/drm_atomic_helper.h
> index d066e94..ecc6a82 100644
> --- a/include/drm/drm_atomic_helper.h
> +++ b/include/drm/drm_atomic_helper.h
> @@ -171,6 +171,39 @@ int drm_atomic_helper_legacy_gamma_set(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
>  				       uint32_t size);
>  
>  /**
> + * drm_atomic_duplicate_custom_state - helper macro for duplicating
> + * driver-private additions to drm_*_state.
> + * @new_state: pointer to destination state struct
> + * @old_state: pointer to source state struct
> + * @basename: name of the drm_*_state member of the new_state/old_state struct
> + *
> + * Copies the data after the base struct until the end of the custom struct,
> + * e.g. given a structure
> + *
> + * struct foo_bar_state {
> + * 	struct drm_bar_state base;
> + * 	struct foo_private priv;
> + * 	struct foo_private2 *priv2;
> + * };
> + *
> + * this copies priv and priv2. NB: the base struct *must* be the first element
> + * of the derived struct, and new_state and old_state have to be two distinct
> + * instances.
> + */
> +#define drm_atomic_helper_duplicate_custom_state(new_state, old_state, basename) \
> +	do { \
> +		size_t base_size = sizeof(new_state->basename); \
> +		size_t base_offset = offsetof(typeof(*new_state), basename); \
> +		\
> +		BUILD_BUG_ON(base_offset != 0); \
> +		if (new_state == old_state) /* Type-check */ \
> +			break; \
> +		memcpy((char *)new_state + base_size, \
> +		       (char *)old_state + base_size, \
> +		       sizeof(*new_state) - base_size); \
> +	} while(0)
> +
> +/**
>   * drm_atomic_crtc_for_each_plane - iterate over planes currently attached to CRTC
>   * @plane: the loop cursor
>   * @crtc:  the crtc whose planes are iterated
> -- 
> 1.9.1
> 
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-- 
Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
http://blog.ffwll.ch

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Re: [PATCH] drm: Add helper macro for duplicating custom drm_*_state Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> - 2017-02-09 18:40 +0100

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