Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] rust: drm: gem: Add ObjectFile type alias

[Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>]

On Sat, 2025-05-17 at 13:37 +0200, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
> On Fri, May 16, 2025 at 01:09:18PM -0400, Lyude Paul wrote:
> > Just to reduce the clutter with the File<…> types in gem.rs.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>
> > ---
> >  rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs | 26 ++++++++++++++------------
> >  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs b/rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs
> > index c17b36948bae3..2b81298d29765 100644
> > --- a/rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs
> > +++ b/rust/kernel/drm/gem/mod.rs
> > @@ -17,6 +17,13 @@
> >  /// A type alias for the Object type in use by a [`drm::Driver`].
> >  pub type DriverObject<T> = <<T as BaseDriverObject>::Driver as drm::Driver>::Object;
> >  
> > +/// A type alias for retrieving a [`Driver`]s [`DriverFile`] implementation from its
> > +/// [`DriverObject`] implementation.
> > +///
> > +/// [`Driver`]: drm::Driver
> > +/// [`DriverFile`]: drm::file::DriverFile
> > +pub type ObjectFile<T> = drm::File<<<T as BaseDriverObject>::Driver as drm::Driver>::File>;
> 
> Shouldn't we call this just DriverFile? The fact that you derive the Driver type
> from the Object type isn't relevant for the File type, i.e. it's not specific to
> the Object, but to the Driver.

I figured ObjectFile makes more sense since it is literally "find the File
implementation for the Object" and would allow for * imports without fear of
name collisions, but I don't feel too strongly either way.

> 
> Also, why does this need to be pub? Shouldn't it be crate private instead? Or
> does it make sense to use this in drivers? If so, please use it in nova-drm for
> reference.

IMO: it should be just for code legibility, since otherwise objects still need
to use generic soup in their callback implementations for open(), close(),
etc.

> 

-- 
Cheers,
 Lyude Paul (she/her)
 Software Engineer at Red Hat

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