[PATCH libdrm 3/3] tests/util: Add some API documentation
Thierry Reding
thierry.reding at gmail.com
Mon Jan 30 10:29:23 UTC 2017
From: Thierry Reding <treding at nvidia.com>
None of the helpers currently have any documentation. Add some to make
it more obvious how these should be used.
Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding <treding at nvidia.com>
---
tests/util/kms.c | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 51 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tests/util/kms.c b/tests/util/kms.c
index c5d35ab616d1..226386519d49 100644
--- a/tests/util/kms.c
+++ b/tests/util/kms.c
@@ -128,6 +128,13 @@ const char *util_lookup_connector_type_name(unsigned int type)
ARRAY_SIZE(connector_type_names));
}
+/**
+ * Retrieve the name of the kernel driver for a DRM device.
+ *
+ * \param fd the file descriptor of the DRM device
+ *
+ * \return On success, returns the name of the kernel driver.
+ */
char *util_get_driver(int fd)
{
drmVersionPtr version;
@@ -144,6 +151,16 @@ char *util_get_driver(int fd)
return driver;
}
+/**
+ * Retrieve a list of available DRM devices.
+ *
+ * \param devicesp return location for the list of DRM devices
+ * \param flags bitmask of flags controlling operation
+ *
+ * \return On success, returns the number of devices found. The list of DRM
+ * devices is dynamically allocated and needs to be freed by a call to the
+ * util_free_devices() function.
+ */
int util_get_devices(drmDevicePtr **devicesp, uint32_t flags)
{
drmDevicePtr *devices;
@@ -182,12 +199,32 @@ int util_get_devices(drmDevicePtr **devicesp, uint32_t flags)
return count;
}
+/**
+ * Free a list of DRM devices.
+ *
+ * \param devices a list of DRM devices, allocated by util_get_devices()
+ * \param count the number of DRM devices in \p devices
+ */
void util_free_devices(drmDevicePtr *devices, unsigned int count)
{
drmFreeDevices(devices, count);
free(devices);
}
+/**
+ * Opens a DRM device, optionally checking against its kernel driver.
+ *
+ * \param device path to DRM device
+ * \param module optional name of kernel driver
+ *
+ * \return On success, a file descriptor to \p device, or a negative error
+ * code on failure.
+ *
+ * If the caller doesn't care about the kernel driver associated with the DRM
+ * device, then the \p module parameter can be NULL. If \p module is not NULL
+ * this function will retrieve the name of the kernel driver and compare it
+ * to the \p module parameter. If the names don't match, the call will fail.
+ */
int util_open_with_module(const char *device, const char *module)
{
int fd, err = 0;
@@ -229,6 +266,20 @@ out:
return err;
}
+/**
+ * Opens a DRM device, optionally checking against its kernel driver.
+ *
+ * \param device
+ * \param module
+ *
+ * \return On success, a file descriptor to \p device, or a negative error
+ * code on failure.
+ *
+ * This is similar to util_open_with_module(), except that \p device can be
+ * NULL, in which case all available devices will be tried. If \p module is
+ * specified it will act as a filter. Otherwise the first available device
+ * that can be opened will be used.
+ */
int util_open(const char *device, const char *module)
{
int fd, err;
--
2.11.0
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