[PATCH v3 1/4] drm/crtc: Add property for aspect ratio

[Thierry Reding]

On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 02:00:37PM +0530, Vandana Kannan wrote:
> On Jun-05-2014 2:58 PM, Thierry Reding wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 05, 2014 at 02:40:08PM +0530, Vandana Kannan wrote:
> > [...]
> >> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c
> > [...]
> >>  /**
> >> + * drm_mode_create_aspect_ratio_property - create aspect ratio property
> >> + * @dev: DRM device
> >> + *
> >> + * Called by a driver the first time it's needed, must be attached to desired
> >> + * connectors.
> >> + */
> >> +int drm_mode_create_aspect_ratio_property(struct drm_device *dev)
> >> +{
> >> +	if (dev->mode_config.aspect_ratio_property)
> >> +		return 0;
> >> +
> >> +	dev->mode_config.aspect_ratio_property =
> >> +		drm_property_create_enum(dev, 0, "aspect ratio",
> >> +				drm_aspect_ratio_enum_list,
> >> +				ARRAY_SIZE(drm_aspect_ratio_enum_list));
> >> +
> >> +	return 0;
> > 
> > Sorry for not noticing this before: what if drm_propert_create_enum()
> > fails? Should that return an error? This function will currently
> > silently ignore failure to create the property.
> > 
> > Thierry
> > 
> Yes..
> I can
> 1. modify this to return the property (which would be NULL if create
> fails) and have a NULL check at the calling end or
> 2. have a NULL check for the property at the calling end keeping the
> existing implementation or
> 3. return a non-zero value in case of failure.

I prefer 3. -ENOMEM sounds like a good candidate here.

Thierry
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