Re: [PATCH 62/72] drm/i915: split image_caches array into struct for better readability

"Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lib.cairo
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 29.12.2015 16:04, Chris Wilson wrote:

> Or you could use named indices. 

Named indices ? you mean #defines's or enum ?
IMHO, that would make it more compilicated, and I haven't seen any
reason why that should be an array at all.

> Anyway image_caches[] is a dead end.
> Having a cache for in-flight images is useful, but the high level
> decision of what to cache for long periods of time is best left to the
> client. And the closest we have to a clean texture atlas interface are
> glyphs.

So, what shall I do here instead ?

>> -	caches = &device->image_caches[1];
>> +	caches = &(device->image_caches.a8);
> 
> Please reduce the number of random brackets in the patches.

The brackets after the & ?
I intentionally added them to make it more clear to the human
reader, what we're going to reference here.


--mtx

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