[PATCH i-g-t v3 02/41] lib/vkms: Add minimal VKMS library and test device default files
José Expósito
jose.exposito89 at gmail.com
Thu Aug 7 07:48:28 UTC 2025
Hi everyone,
On Thu, Aug 07, 2025 at 10:10:17AM +0530, Karthik B S wrote:
>
> On 8/5/2025 9:59 PM, Kamil Konieczny wrote:
> > Hi José,
> > On 2025-08-05 at 11:20:09 +0200, José Expósito wrote:
> > > Hi Louis,
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jul 16, 2025 at 11:22:38AM +0200, Louis Chauvet wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Le 15/07/2025 à 12:24, José Expósito a écrit :
> > > > > Create a library containing helpers for creating VKMS devices and
> > > > > configuring them dynamically using configfs.
> > > > > For the moment, add the minimal number of helpers to be able to start
> > > > > testing VKMS's configfs support: Create device, destroy device and
> > > > > destroy all devices.
> > > > >
> > > > > Also, include the simplest possible test using those helpers (checking
> > > > > the device's default files) and the scaffolding required to generate
> > > > > the documentation.
> > > > >
> > > > > Co-developed-by: Jim Shargo <jshargo at chromium.org>
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Jim Shargo <jshargo at chromium.org>
> > > > > Co-developed-by: Marius Vlad <marius.vlad at collabora.com>
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Marius Vlad <marius.vlad at collabora.com>
> > > > > Signed-off-by: José Expósito <jose.exposito89 at gmail.com>
> > > > > ---
> > > > > docs/testplan/meson.build | 7 +-
> > > > > lib/igt_vkms.c | 207 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > > > lib/igt_vkms.h | 27 ++++
> > > > > lib/meson.build | 1 +
> > > > > meson.build | 8 ++
> > > > > tests/meson.build | 2 +
> > > > > tests/vkms/meson.build | 13 ++
> > > > > tests/vkms/vkms_configfs.c | 132 ++++++++++++++++++++
> > > > > tests/vkms/vkms_test_config.json | 72 +++++++++++
> > > > > 9 files changed, 467 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > > > create mode 100644 lib/igt_vkms.c
> > > > > create mode 100644 lib/igt_vkms.h
> > > > > create mode 100644 tests/vkms/meson.build
> > > > > create mode 100644 tests/vkms/vkms_configfs.c
> > > > > create mode 100644 tests/vkms/vkms_test_config.json
> > > > >
> > > > > [...]
> > > > > diff --git a/lib/igt_vkms.c b/lib/igt_vkms.c
> > > > > new file mode 100644
> > > > > index 000000000..fa41f741e
> > > > > --- /dev/null
> > > > > +++ b/lib/igt_vkms.c
> > > > > [...]
> > > > > +static int detach_pipeline_items(const char *path, const struct stat *info,
> > > > > + const int typeflag, struct FTW *pathinfo)
> > > > As there will be a new "color pipeline" in DRM, can you rename this set of
> > > > functions to avoid confusion? I don't have preference for the name, what do
> > > > you think about "dc" for display controller?
> > Could you give a link to lore.kernel.org for this 'color pipeline'?
> >
> > > > (ditto for the rest of the series)
> > > >
> > > > With this modification:
> > > > Reviewed-by: Louis Chauvet <louis.chauvet at bootlin.com>
> > > The "pipeline" here refers to the display pipeline as in the docs:
> > > https://docs.kernel.org/gpu/drm-kms.html#overview
> > >
> > > Given that the VKMS driver is a display driver and that "enum vkms_pipeline_item"
> > > contains those entites, I find easy to understand what we are talking about.
> > >
> > > What do you think about leaving the display pipeline as "pipeline" and, once we
> > > add the color pipeline, use "color_pipeline"?
> > These looks resonable. Karthik, could you comment on this?
>
> Yes, this looks good.
Thanks for your feedback. I sent v4 with all the requested changes,
but at least for the moment, I didn't rename the pipeline:
https://lore.kernel.org/igt-dev/20250807074550.6543-1-jose.exposito89@gmail.com/
Thanks to everyone for their reviews!
Jose
> Thanks,
> Karthik.B.S
> >
> > > I can rename all instances of "pipeline" to "display_pipeline" (with a lot of work,
> > > 100 occurences in igt_vkms.c in 41 patches), but I find it too verbose for little
> > > clarification.
> > Well, you can use sed script for this but I am afraid that there
> > are many other places in igt with 'pipeline' meaning
> > 'display pipeline', so it would be a lot more work to do.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Kamil
> >
> > > Jose
> > >
> > > > > [...]
> > > > --
> > > > Louis Chauvet, Bootlin
> > > > Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
> > > > https://bootlin.com
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