[Outreachy kernel] [PATCH] drm: Rename crtc_idr as object_idr to KMS cleanups

[Shayenne Moura]

On 10/31, Julia Lawall wrote:
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> On Wed, 31 Oct 2018, Shayenne Moura wrote:
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> > On 10/31, Julia Lawall wrote:
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> > > On Wed, 31 Oct 2018, Shayenne da Luz Moura wrote:
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> > > > Rename 'drm_mode_config.crtc_idr' as 'drm_mode_config.object_idr',
> > > > as proposed in the task description in TODO list for KMS cleanups.
> > >
> > > Is object_idr a field that already exists?  If so, "Rename" is not the
> > > best choice of words.  It should be something like "use the object_idr
> > > field instead of the crtc_idr field" and then explain why.  "task
> > > description in TODO list for KMS cleanups" isn't very helpful to
> > > understand why the change should be made.
> > >
> > > julia
> >
> > Hi Julia,
> >
> > Thank you for your review!
> >
> > This patch is to solve this TODO task:
> >  drm_mode_config.crtc_idr is misnamed, since it contains all KMS object.
> >  Should be renamed to drm_mode_config.object_idr.
> >
> > Do you think I need to use this description in my commit message?
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> That seems more helpful.
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> But it seems that the name should actually be changed.  Which means that
> the structure definition should be changed too.  Was that done?
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> julia

Yes, you are right. I did not add the header file. 

Thanks again!

Shayenne