Re: [PATCH 10/12] drm/edid: add a helper to compare two EDIDs

[Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com>]

On Sun, 18 Aug 2024, Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net> wrote:
> As struct drm_edid is opaque, drivers can't directly memcmp() the
> contained data. Add a helper to provide this functionality.

I'm not sure why drivers would need to compare EDIDs.

The only user was added in commit eb815442e840 ("drm/amd/display: don't
create new dc_sink if nothing changed at detection") with absolutely no
explanation why.

Other drivers use connector->epoch_counter to see if the EDID or status
changed.


BR,
Jani.


>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
>  include/drm/drm_edid.h     |  1 +
>  2 files changed, 19 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid.c
> index 69fb11741abd..c2493c983a64 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid.c
> @@ -1840,6 +1840,24 @@ static bool drm_edid_eq(const struct drm_edid *drm_edid,
>  	return true;
>  }
>  
> +/**
> + * drm_edid_equal - compare two EDID
> + * @drm_edid_a: First EDID data
> + * @drm_edid_b: Second EDID data
> + *
> + * Compare two EDIDs for equality (including extensions)
> + *
> + * Return: True if the EDIDs are equal, false otherwise.
> + */
> +bool drm_edid_equal(const struct drm_edid *drm_edid_a, const struct drm_edid *drm_edid_b)
> +{
> +	if (!drm_edid_b)
> +		return !drm_edid_a;
> +
> +	return drm_edid_eq(drm_edid_a, drm_edid_b->edid, drm_edid_b->size);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_edid_equal);
> +
>  enum edid_block_status {
>  	EDID_BLOCK_OK = 0,
>  	EDID_BLOCK_READ_FAIL,
> diff --git a/include/drm/drm_edid.h b/include/drm/drm_edid.h
> index a5b377c4a342..35b40a9d3350 100644
> --- a/include/drm/drm_edid.h
> +++ b/include/drm/drm_edid.h
> @@ -456,6 +456,7 @@ drm_display_mode_from_cea_vic(struct drm_device *dev,
>  const struct drm_edid *drm_edid_alloc(const void *edid, size_t size);
>  const struct drm_edid *drm_edid_dup(const struct drm_edid *drm_edid);
>  void drm_edid_free(const struct drm_edid *drm_edid);
> +bool drm_edid_equal(const struct drm_edid *drm_edid_a, const struct drm_edid *drm_edid_b);
>  bool drm_edid_valid(const struct drm_edid *drm_edid);
>  const struct edid *drm_edid_raw(const struct drm_edid *drm_edid);
>  const struct drm_edid *drm_edid_read(struct drm_connector *connector);

-- 
Jani Nikula, Intel