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

Daniel Vetter daniel at ffwll.ch
Tue Apr 14 16:43:34 UTC 2020


On Wed, Apr 08, 2020 at 09:02:07AM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> 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>

Went right ahead and pushed this since a doc patch only, thanks for taking
a look!
-Daniel

> > ---
> >  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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Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
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