Re: [PATCH v4 2/6] drm/format-helper: Add drm_fb_xrgb8888_to_mono_reversed()

[Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>]

On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 12:50:04PM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> On 2/11/22 12:10, Andy Shevchenko wrote:

...

> >> +	for (xb = 0; xb < pixels; xb++) {
> >> +		unsigned int start = 0, end = 8;
> >> +		u8 byte = 0x00;
> > 
> >> +		if (xb == 0 && start_offset)
> >> +			start = start_offset;
> > 
> > This is invariant to the loop, can be moved out.
> > 
> >> +		if (xb == pixels - 1 && end_len)
> >> +			end = end_len;
> > 
> > Ditto. However it may require to factor out the following loop to a helper.
> 
> Not sure I'm following, it's not invariant since it depends on the
> loop iterator value. It only applies to the first and last pixels.

It's. You simply does it at the last iteration which may be perfectly done
outside of the main (aligned) loop.

...

> >> +		dst_pitch = DIV_ROUND_UP(linepixels, 8);
> > 
> > round_up() ?
> 
> But it's not a round up operation but a div and round up.

Indeed.

...

> >> +	WARN_ONCE(dst_pitch % 8 != 0, "dst_pitch is not a multiple of 8\n");
> > 
> > 
> > I would move this to the if conditional, i.e.
> > 
> > 	if (dst_pitch)
> > 		WARN_ONCE(dst_pitch % 8 != 0, "dst_pitch is not a multiple of 8\n");
> > 	else
> > 		dst_pitch = round_up(linepixels, 8);
> 
> No, because we always need to div and round up. The warning is just printed to
> let know that the dst pitch is not a multiple of 8 as it should be. So callers
> could be fixed.

Okay, you expect that linepixels to be multiple of 64? Otherwise I didn't get
what's going on with this warning.

...

> >> +	start_offset = clip->x1 % 8;
> >> +	end_len = clip->x2 % 8;
> > 
> > ALIGN() ?
> 
> But we don't want to align here but to know what's the start and end if is
> not aligned since that would mean converting to mono in the middle of a byte.

Indeed. Somehow I missed that it's a complimentary to ALIGN().

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko