[PATCH v3 16/19] arch/sh: Implement <asm/fb.h> with generic helpers

Thomas Zimmermann tzimmermann at suse.de
Mon Apr 17 07:16:05 PDT 2023


Hi

Am 17.04.23 um 16:13 schrieb John Paul Adrian Glaubitz:
> Hi Thomas!
> 
> On Mon, 2023-04-17 at 16:06 +0200, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> Am 17.04.23 um 15:02 schrieb John Paul Adrian Glaubitz:
>>> Hi Thomas!
>>>
>>> On Mon, 2023-04-17 at 14:56 +0200, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
>>>> Replace the architecture's fbdev helpers with the generic
>>>> ones from <asm-generic/fb.h>. No functional changes.
>>>>
>>>> v2:
>>>> 	* use default implementation for fb_pgprotect() (Arnd)
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann at suse.de>
>>>> Cc: Yoshinori Sato <ysato at users.sourceforge.jp>
>>>> Cc: Rich Felker <dalias at libc.org>
>>>> Cc: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz at physik.fu-berlin.de>
>>>> ---
>>>>    arch/sh/include/asm/fb.h | 15 +--------------
>>>>    1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 14 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/fb.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/fb.h
>>>> index 9a0bca2686fd..19df13ee9ca7 100644
>>>> --- a/arch/sh/include/asm/fb.h
>>>> +++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/fb.h
>>>> @@ -2,19 +2,6 @@
>>>>    #ifndef _ASM_FB_H_
>>>>    #define _ASM_FB_H_
>>>>    
>>>> -#include <linux/fb.h>
>>>> -#include <linux/fs.h>
>>>> -#include <asm/page.h>
>>>> -
>>>> -static inline void fb_pgprotect(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>>>> -				unsigned long off)
>>>> -{
>>>> -	vma->vm_page_prot = pgprot_writecombine(vma->vm_page_prot);
>>>> -}
>>>
>>> Looking at the macro in asm-generic/fb.h, fb_pgprotect() is being replaced with
>>> a no-op function. Is that intentional? Can you briefly explain the background
>>> for this change?
>>
>> Patch 01 of this patchset changes the generic fb_pgprotect() to set
>> pgprot_writecombine(). So on SH, there should be no change at all.
>>
> 
> Ah, I missed that, thanks for the explanation. Let me check and Ack your patch

Thanks!

> then. I assume you will be taking this patch as part of the whole series through
> your own tree?

Yes, I'd merge it through drm-misc-next ideally.

Best regards
Thomas

> 
> Thanks,
> Adrian
> 

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Thomas Zimmermann
Graphics Driver Developer
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