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From: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
To: deller@gmx.de, javierm@redhat.com, geert@linux-m68k.org,
	dan.carpenter@linaro.org
Cc: linux-sh@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, amd-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org,
	linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-media@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-geode@lists.infradead.org, linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-omap@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
	kvm@vger.kernel.org, Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>,
	Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>,
	Sui Jingfeng <suijingfeng@loongson.cn>
Subject: [PATCH v4 18/18] fbdev: Document that framebuffer_alloc() returns zero'ed data
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2023 20:52:00 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230715185343.7193-19-tzimmermann@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230715185343.7193-1-tzimmermann@suse.de>

Most fbdev drivers depend on framebuffer_alloc() to initialize the
allocated memory to 0. Document this guarantee.

v3:
	* slightly reword the sentence (Miguel)

Suggested-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Sui Jingfeng <suijingfeng@loongson.cn>
Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
---
 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_info.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_info.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_info.c
index 8bdbefdd4b70..4847ebe50d7d 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_info.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_info.c
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
  *
  * Creates a new frame buffer info structure. Also reserves @size bytes
  * for driver private data (info->par). info->par (if any) will be
- * aligned to sizeof(long).
+ * aligned to sizeof(long). The new instances of struct fb_info and
+ * the driver private data are both cleared to zero.
  *
  * Returns the new structure, or NULL if an error occurred.
  *
-- 
2.41.0


      parent reply	other threads:[~2023-07-15 18:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-07-15 18:51 [PATCH v4 00/18] fbdev: Remove FBINFO_DEFAULT and FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT flags Thomas Zimmermann
2023-07-15 18:51 ` [PATCH v4 01/18] drm: Remove flag FBINFO_DEFAULT from fbdev emulation Thomas Zimmermann
2023-07-15 18:51 ` [PATCH v4 02/18] fbdev: Remove FBINFO_DEFAULT from static structs Thomas Zimmermann
2023-07-15 18:51 ` [PATCH v4 03/18] fbdev: Remove FBINFO_DEFAULT from kzalloc()'ed structs Thomas Zimmermann
2023-07-15 18:51 ` [PATCH v4 04/18] fbdev: Remove FBINFO_DEFAULT from devm_kzalloc()'ed structs Thomas Zimmermann
2023-07-15 18:51 ` [PATCH v4 05/18] fbdev: Remove FBINFO_DEFAULT from framebuffer_alloc()'ed structs Thomas Zimmermann
2023-07-15 18:51 ` [PATCH v4 06/18] fbdev/fsl-diu-fb: Remove flag FBINFO_DEFAULT Thomas Zimmermann
2023-07-15 18:51 ` [PATCH v4 07/18] vfio-mdev: Remove flag FBINFO_DEFAULT from fbdev sample driver Thomas Zimmermann
2023-07-15 18:51 ` [PATCH v4 08/18] sh: mach-sh7763rdp: Assign FB_MODE_IS_UNKNOWN to struct fb_videomode.flag Thomas Zimmermann
2023-07-15 18:51 ` [PATCH v4 09/18] auxdisplay: Remove flag FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT from fbdev drivers Thomas Zimmermann
2023-07-15 18:51 ` [PATCH v4 10/18] hid/picolcd: Remove flag FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT from fbdev driver Thomas Zimmermann
2023-07-15 18:51 ` [PATCH v4 11/18] media: Remove flag FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT from fbdev drivers Thomas Zimmermann
2023-07-18 10:58   ` Hans Verkuil
2023-07-15 18:51 ` [PATCH v4 12/18] staging: " Thomas Zimmermann
2023-07-16  5:39   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2023-07-15 18:51 ` [PATCH v4 13/18] fbdev: Remove FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT from kzalloc()'ed structs Thomas Zimmermann
2023-07-15 18:51 ` [PATCH v4 14/18] fbdev: Remove FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT from framebuffer_alloc()'ed structs Thomas Zimmermann
2023-07-15 18:51 ` [PATCH v4 15/18] fbdev/atafb: Remove flag FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT Thomas Zimmermann
2023-07-15 18:51 ` [PATCH v4 16/18] fbdev/pxafb: " Thomas Zimmermann
2023-07-15 18:51 ` [PATCH v4 17/18] fbdev: Remove FBINFO_DEFAULT and FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT Thomas Zimmermann
2023-07-15 18:52 ` Thomas Zimmermann [this message]

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