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

Thomas Zimmermann <[email protected]>
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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 <[email protected]>
>> Cc: Yoshinori Sato <[email protected]>
>> Cc: Rich Felker <[email protected]>
>> Cc: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <[email protected]>
>> ---
>>   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.

Best regards
Thomas

> 
>> -static inline int fb_is_primary_device(struct fb_info *info)
>> -{
>> -	return 0;
>> -}
>> +#include <asm-generic/fb.h>
>>   
>>   #endif /* _ASM_FB_H_ */
> 
> Thanks,
> Adrian
> 

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Thomas Zimmermann
Graphics Driver Developer
SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH
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(HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg)
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