[PATCH v2] drm: document drm_mode_get_property

[Daniel Vetter]

On Mon, Aug 02, 2021 at 07:28:35AM +0000, Simon Ser wrote:
> It's not obvious what the fields mean and how they should be used.
> The most important detail is the link to drm_property.flags, which
> describes how property types work.
> 
> v2: document enum drm_mode_property_enum, add ref to "Modeset Base
> Object Abstraction" (Daniel)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Simon Ser <contact at emersion.fr>
> Acked-by: Pekka Paalanen <pekka.paalanen at collabora.com>
> Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter at ffwll.ch>
> Cc: Leandro Ribeiro <leandro.ribeiro at collabora.com>

Acked-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter at ffwll.ch>
> ---
> 
> I couldn't figure out how to linkify that ref, so it's not linkified.
> 
>  Documentation/gpu/drm-kms.rst |  2 ++
>  include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h   | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  2 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/drm-kms.rst b/Documentation/gpu/drm-kms.rst
> index 0cc21f6aaef5..1ef7951ded5e 100644
> --- a/Documentation/gpu/drm-kms.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/gpu/drm-kms.rst
> @@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ KMS Core Structures and Functions
>  .. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mode_config.c
>     :export:
>  
> +.. _kms_base_object_abstraction:
> +
>  Modeset Base Object Abstraction
>  ===============================
>  
> diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h b/include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h
> index 98bf130feda5..90c55383f1ee 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h
> @@ -541,22 +541,74 @@ struct drm_mode_get_connector {
>   */
>  #define DRM_MODE_PROP_ATOMIC        0x80000000
>  
> +/**
> + * struct drm_mode_property_enum - Description for an enum/bitfield entry.
> + * @value: numeric value for this enum entry.
> + * @name: symbolic name for this enum entry.
> + *
> + * See struct drm_property_enum for details.
> + */
>  struct drm_mode_property_enum {
>  	__u64 value;
>  	char name[DRM_PROP_NAME_LEN];
>  };
>  
> +/**
> + * struct drm_mode_get_property - Get property metadata.
> + *
> + * User-space can perform a GETPROPERTY ioctl to retrieve information about a
> + * property. The same property may be attached to multiple objects, see
> + * "Modeset Base Object Abstraction".
> + *
> + * The meaning of the @values_ptr field changes depending on the property type.
> + * See &drm_property.flags for more details.
> + *
> + * The @enum_blob_ptr and @count_enum_blobs fields are only meaningful when the
> + * property has the type &DRM_MODE_PROP_ENUM or &DRM_MODE_PROP_BITMASK. For
> + * backwards compatibility, the kernel will always set @count_enum_blobs to
> + * zero when the property has the type &DRM_MODE_PROP_BLOB. User-space must
> + * ignore these two fields if the property has a different type.
> + *
> + * User-space is expected to retrieve values and enums by performing this ioctl
> + * at least twice: the first time to retrieve the number of elements, the
> + * second time to retrieve the elements themselves.
> + *
> + * To retrieve the number of elements, set @count_values and @count_enum_blobs
> + * to zero, then call the ioctl. @count_values will be updated with the number
> + * of elements. If the property has the type &DRM_MODE_PROP_ENUM or
> + * &DRM_MODE_PROP_BITMASK, @count_enum_blobs will be updated as well.
> + *
> + * To retrieve the elements themselves, allocate an array for @values_ptr and
> + * set @count_values to its capacity. If the property has the type
> + * &DRM_MODE_PROP_ENUM or &DRM_MODE_PROP_BITMASK, allocate an array for
> + * @enum_blob_ptr and set @count_enum_blobs to its capacity. Calling the ioctl
> + * again will fill the arrays.
> + */
>  struct drm_mode_get_property {
> -	__u64 values_ptr; /* values and blob lengths */
> -	__u64 enum_blob_ptr; /* enum and blob id ptrs */
> +	/** @values_ptr: Pointer to a ``__u64`` array. */
> +	__u64 values_ptr;
> +	/** @enum_blob_ptr: Pointer to a struct drm_mode_property_enum array. */
> +	__u64 enum_blob_ptr;
>  
> +	/**
> +	 * @prop_id: Object ID of the property which should be retrieved. Set
> +	 * by the caller.
> +	 */
>  	__u32 prop_id;
> +	/**
> +	 * @flags: ``DRM_MODE_PROP_*`` bitfield. See &drm_property.flags for
> +	 * a definition of the flags.
> +	 */
>  	__u32 flags;
> +	/**
> +	 * @name: Symbolic property name. User-space should use this field to
> +	 * recognize properties.
> +	 */
>  	char name[DRM_PROP_NAME_LEN];
>  
> +	/** @count_values: Number of elements in @values_ptr. */
>  	__u32 count_values;
> -	/* This is only used to count enum values, not blobs. The _blobs is
> -	 * simply because of a historical reason, i.e. backwards compat. */
> +	/** @count_enum_blobs: Number of elements in @enum_blob_ptr. */
>  	__u32 count_enum_blobs;
>  };
>  
> -- 
> 2.32.0
> 
> 

-- 
Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
http://blog.ffwll.ch