[PATCH v2] drm: document uAPI page-flip flags

Simon Ser contact at emersion.fr
Mon Aug 29 15:40:01 UTC 2022


Document flags accepted by the page-flip and atomic IOCTLs.

v2 (Pekka):
- Mention DRM_EVENT_FLIP_COMPLETE in DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_EVENT docs.
- Expand DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_NONBLOCK and DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_ALLOW_MODESET
  description.

Signed-off-by: Simon Ser <contact at emersion.fr>
Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter at ffwll.ch>
Cc: Pekka Paalanen <ppaalanen at gmail.com>
Cc: Ville Syrjala <ville.syrjala at linux.intel.com>
---
 include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 59 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h b/include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h
index fa953309d9ce..fa26bda6ffb3 100644
--- a/include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h
+++ b/include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h
@@ -935,12 +935,31 @@ struct hdr_output_metadata {
 	};
 };
 
+/**
+ * DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_EVENT
+ *
+ * Request that the kernel sends back a vblank event (see
+ * struct drm_event_vblank) with the &DRM_EVENT_FLIP_COMPLETE type when the
+ * page-flip is done.
+ */
 #define DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_EVENT 0x01
+/**
+ * DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_ASYNC
+ *
+ * Request that the page-flip is performed as soon as possible, ie. with no
+ * delay due to waiting for vblank. This may cause tearing to be visible on
+ * the screen.
+ */
 #define DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_ASYNC 0x02
 #define DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_TARGET_ABSOLUTE 0x4
 #define DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_TARGET_RELATIVE 0x8
 #define DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_TARGET (DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_TARGET_ABSOLUTE | \
 				   DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_TARGET_RELATIVE)
+/**
+ * DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_FLAGS
+ *
+ * Bitmask of flags suitable for &drm_mode_crtc_page_flip_target.flags.
+ */
 #define DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_FLAGS (DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_EVENT | \
 				  DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_ASYNC | \
 				  DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_TARGET)
@@ -1034,11 +1053,50 @@ struct drm_mode_destroy_dumb {
 	__u32 handle;
 };
 
-/* page-flip flags are valid, plus: */
+/**
+ * DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_TEST_ONLY
+ *
+ * Do not apply the atomic commit, instead check whether the hardware supports
+ * this configuration.
+ *
+ * See drm_mode_config_funcs.atomic_check for more details on test-only
+ * commits.
+ */
 #define DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_TEST_ONLY 0x0100
+/**
+ * DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_NONBLOCK
+ *
+ * Do not block while applying the atomic commit. The &DRM_IOCTL_MODE_ATOMIC
+ * IOCTL returns immediately instead of waiting for the changes to be applied
+ * in hardware. Note, the driver will still check that the update can be
+ * applied before retuning.
+ */
 #define DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_NONBLOCK  0x0200
+/**
+ * DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_ALLOW_MODESET
+ *
+ * Allow the update to result in temporary or transient visible artifacts while
+ * the update is being applied. Applying the update may also take significantly
+ * more time than a page flip. The visual artifacts will not appear after the
+ * update is completed.
+ *
+ * This flag must be set when the KMS update might cause visible artifacts.
+ * Without this flag such KMS update will return a EINVAL error. What kind of
+ * update may cause visible artifacts depends on the driver and the hardware.
+ * User-space that needs to know beforehand if an update might cause visible
+ * artifacts can use &DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_TEST_ONLY without
+ * &DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_ALLOW_MODESET to see if it fails.
+ *
+ * Visual artifacts are guaranteed to not appear when this flag is not set.
+ */
 #define DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_ALLOW_MODESET 0x0400
 
+/**
+ * DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_FLAGS
+ *
+ * Bitfield of flags accepted by the &DRM_IOCTL_MODE_ATOMIC IOCTL in
+ * &drm_mode_atomic.flags.
+ */
 #define DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_FLAGS (\
 		DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_EVENT |\
 		DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_ASYNC |\
-- 
2.37.2




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