From: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@gmail.com>
To: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Cc: deller@gmx.de, javierm@redhat.com, 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-nvidia@lists.surfsouth.com, linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org,
linux-omap@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 18/18] fbdev: Document that framebuffer_alloc() returns zero'ed data
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 15:21:34 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CANiq72mbLmMKph8aiz4apNF9n3MtVO-nhM9rEWYApZbSVAO9Qw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230713130338.31086-19-tzimmermann@suse.de>
On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 3:03 PM Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de> wrote:
>
> Most fbdev drivers depend on framebuffer_alloc() to initialize the
> allocated memory to 0. Document this guarantee.
>
> Suggested-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
> Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Thanks for sending this! Maybe this would be best earlier in the
series, so that later patches make more sense (since they use the
guarantee), but it is not a big deal.
> + * aligned to sizeof(long). Both, the instance of struct fb_info and
> + * the driver private data, are cleared to zero.
I think both commas may be best omitted (but I am not a native speaker).
Reviewed-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Cheers,
Miguel
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-07-13 13:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-07-13 12:58 [PATCH v2 00/18] fbdev: Remove FBINFO_DEFAULT and FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT flags Thomas Zimmermann
2023-07-13 12:58 ` [PATCH v2 01/18] drm: Remove flag FBINFO_DEFAULT from fbdev emulation Thomas Zimmermann
2023-07-13 12:58 ` [PATCH v2 02/18] fbdev: Remove flag FBINFO_DEFAULT from fbdev drivers Thomas Zimmermann
2023-07-13 12:58 ` [PATCH v2 03/18] " Thomas Zimmermann
2023-07-13 12:58 ` [PATCH v2 04/18] " Thomas Zimmermann
2023-07-13 12:58 ` [PATCH v2 05/18] " Thomas Zimmermann
2023-07-13 12:58 ` [PATCH v2 06/18] fbdev/fsl-diu-fb: Remove flag FBINFO_DEFAULT Thomas Zimmermann
2023-07-13 12:58 ` [PATCH v2 07/18] vfio-mdev: Remove flag FBINFO_DEFAULT from fbdev sample driver Thomas Zimmermann
2023-07-13 12:58 ` [PATCH v2 08/18] sh: Assign FB_MODE_IS_UNKNOWN to struct fb_videomode.flag Thomas Zimmermann
2023-07-13 13:53 ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2023-07-13 13:56 ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2023-07-13 12:58 ` [PATCH v2 09/18] auxdisplay: Remove flag FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT from fbdev drivers Thomas Zimmermann
2023-07-13 12:58 ` [PATCH v2 10/18] hid/picolcd: Remove flag FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT from fbdev driver Thomas Zimmermann
2023-07-13 12:58 ` [PATCH v2 11/18] media: Remove flag FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT from fbdev drivers Thomas Zimmermann
2023-07-13 12:58 ` [PATCH v2 12/18] staging: " Thomas Zimmermann
2023-07-13 12:58 ` [PATCH v2 13/18] fbdev: " Thomas Zimmermann
2023-07-13 12:58 ` [PATCH v2 14/18] " Thomas Zimmermann
2023-07-13 12:58 ` [PATCH v2 15/18] fbdev/atafb: Remove flag FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT Thomas Zimmermann
2023-07-13 12:58 ` [PATCH v2 16/18] fbdev/pxafb: " Thomas Zimmermann
2023-07-13 12:58 ` [PATCH v2 17/18] fbdev: Remove FBINFO_DEFAULT and FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT Thomas Zimmermann
2023-07-13 12:58 ` [PATCH v2 18/18] fbdev: Document that framebuffer_alloc() returns zero'ed data Thomas Zimmermann
2023-07-13 13:21 ` Miguel Ojeda [this message]
2023-07-13 16:02 ` Randy Dunlap
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