[PATCH 2/2] drm: Move drm_gem ioctl kerneldoc to uapi file

[Simona Vetter]

On Fri, Jul 11, 2025 at 10:53:42AM -0400, David Francis wrote:
> The drm_gem ioctls were documented in internal file drm_gem.c
> instead of uapi header drm.h. Move them there and change to
> appropriate kerneldoc formatting.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Francis <David.Francis at amd.com>

Thanks a lot for taking care of this!

Reviewed-by: Simona Vetter <simona.vetter at ffwll.ch>

I'll leave review for the first patch to folks who care about criu, but it
looked good to me too.
-Sima

> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c | 30 -----------------------------
>  include/uapi/drm/drm.h    | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
>  2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c
> index 3166230d0119..08778a15eefb 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c
> @@ -820,14 +820,6 @@ long drm_gem_dma_resv_wait(struct drm_file *filep, u32 handle,
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_gem_dma_resv_wait);
>  
> -/**
> - * drm_gem_close_ioctl - implementation of the GEM_CLOSE ioctl
> - * @dev: drm_device
> - * @data: ioctl data
> - * @file_priv: drm file-private structure
> - *
> - * Releases the handle to an mm object.
> - */
>  int
>  drm_gem_close_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
>  		    struct drm_file *file_priv)
> @@ -843,17 +835,6 @@ drm_gem_close_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> -/**
> - * drm_gem_flink_ioctl - implementation of the GEM_FLINK ioctl
> - * @dev: drm_device
> - * @data: ioctl data
> - * @file_priv: drm file-private structure
> - *
> - * Create a global name for an object, returning the name.
> - *
> - * Note that the name does not hold a reference; when the object
> - * is freed, the name goes away.
> - */
>  int
>  drm_gem_flink_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
>  		    struct drm_file *file_priv)
> @@ -893,17 +874,6 @@ drm_gem_flink_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> -/**
> - * drm_gem_open_ioctl - implementation of the GEM_OPEN ioctl
> - * @dev: drm_device
> - * @data: ioctl data
> - * @file_priv: drm file-private structure
> - *
> - * Open an object using the global name, returning a handle and the size.
> - *
> - * This handle (of course) holds a reference to the object, so the object
> - * will not go away until the handle is deleted.
> - */
>  int
>  drm_gem_open_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
>  		   struct drm_file *file_priv)
> diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/drm.h
> index e3940b657e16..e512da8f3baf 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/drm/drm.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/drm/drm.h
> @@ -597,31 +597,47 @@ struct drm_set_version {
>  	int drm_dd_minor;
>  };
>  
> -/* DRM_IOCTL_GEM_CLOSE ioctl argument type */
> +/**
> + * struct drm_gem_close - Argument for &DRM_IOCTL_GEM_CLOSE ioctl.
> + * @handle: Handle of the object to be closed.
> + * @pad: Padding.
> + *
> + * Releases the handle to an mm object.
> + */
>  struct drm_gem_close {
> -	/** Handle of the object to be closed. */
>  	__u32 handle;
>  	__u32 pad;
>  };
>  
> -/* DRM_IOCTL_GEM_FLINK ioctl argument type */
> +/**
> + * struct drm_gem_flink - Argument for &DRM_IOCTL_GEM_FLINK ioctl.
> + * @handle: Handle for the object being named.
> + * @name: Returned global name.
> + *
> + * Create a global name for an object, returning the name.
> + *
> + * Note that the name does not hold a reference; when the object
> + * is freed, the name goes away.
> + */
>  struct drm_gem_flink {
> -	/** Handle for the object being named */
>  	__u32 handle;
> -
> -	/** Returned global name */
>  	__u32 name;
>  };
>  
> -/* DRM_IOCTL_GEM_OPEN ioctl argument type */
> +/**
> + * struct drm_gem_open - Argument for &DRM_IOCTL_GEM_OPEN ioctl.
> + * @name: Name of object being opened.
> + * @handle: Returned handle for the object.
> + * @size: Returned size of the object
> + *
> + * Open an object using the global name, returning a handle and the size.
> + *
> + * This handle (of course) holds a reference to the object, so the object
> + * will not go away until the handle is deleted.
> + */
>  struct drm_gem_open {
> -	/** Name of object being opened */
>  	__u32 name;
> -
> -	/** Returned handle for the object */
>  	__u32 handle;
> -
> -	/** Returned size of the object */
>  	__u64 size;
>  };
>  
> -- 
> 2.34.1
> 

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