[PATCH 03/44] drm/device: Deprecate dev_private harder

Sam Ravnborg sam at ravnborg.org
Wed Apr 8 07:02:07 UTC 2020


On Fri, Apr 03, 2020 at 03:57:47PM +0200, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> We've had lots of conversions to embeddeding, but didn't stop using
> ->dev_private. Which defeats the point of this.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter at intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam at ravnborg.org>
> ---
>  include/drm/drm_device.h | 9 ++++++---
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/drm/drm_device.h b/include/drm/drm_device.h
> index d39132b477dd..a55874db9dd4 100644
> --- a/include/drm/drm_device.h
> +++ b/include/drm/drm_device.h
> @@ -88,9 +88,12 @@ struct drm_device {
>  	/**
>  	 * @dev_private:
>  	 *
> -	 * DRM driver private data. Instead of using this pointer it is
> -	 * recommended that drivers use drm_dev_init() and embed struct
> -	 * &drm_device in their larger per-device structure.
> +	 * DRM driver private data. This is deprecated and should be left set to
> +	 * NULL.
> +	 *
> +	 * Instead of using this pointer it is recommended that drivers use
> +	 * drm_dev_init() and embed struct &drm_device in their larger
> +	 * per-device structure.
>  	 */
>  	void *dev_private;
>  
> -- 
> 2.25.1
> 
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