[Mesa-dev] [PATCH] mesa: document _mesa_extension_override_* variables

Emil Velikov emil.l.velikov at gmail.com
Thu Nov 16 14:22:18 UTC 2017


From: Emil Velikov <emil.velikov at collabora.com>

Currently there are no users of these outside of extensions.c.
Provide some information why they exist and how to use them.

Cc: Jordan Justen <jordan.l.justen at intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Emil Velikov <emil.velikov at collabora.com>
---
 src/mesa/main/extensions.h | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/mesa/main/extensions.h b/src/mesa/main/extensions.h
index 59761bfcdb4..159610b6e12 100644
--- a/src/mesa/main/extensions.h
+++ b/src/mesa/main/extensions.h
@@ -106,6 +106,15 @@ _mesa_has_##name_str(const struct gl_context *ctx) \
 #include "extensions_table.h"
 #undef EXT
 
+/* Sometimes the driver wants to query the extension override status before
+ * a context is created. These variables are filled with extension override
+ * information before context creation.
+ *
+ * This can be useful during extension bring-up when an extension is
+ * partially implemented, but cannot yet be advertised as supported.
+ *
+ * Use it with care and keep access read-only.
+ */
 extern struct gl_extensions _mesa_extension_override_enables;
 extern struct gl_extensions _mesa_extension_override_disables;
 
-- 
2.15.0



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