Re: [PATCH 09/17] auxdisplay: Remove flag FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT from fbdev drivers

Thomas Zimmermann <[email protected]> Mon, 10 Jul 2023 17:22:28 +0200

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Hi

Am 10.07.23 um 16:24 schrieb Miguel Ojeda:
> On Mon, Jul 10, 2023 at 3:01 PM Thomas Zimmermann <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> The flag FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT is 0 and has no effect, as struct
>> fbinfo.flags has been allocated to zero by framebuffer_alloc(). So do
>> not set it.
> 
> `framebuffer_alloc()` does indeed use `kzalloc()`, but the docs do not
> mention the zeroing. Should that guarantee be documented?

I'll append a patch to the series that documents this.

> 
>> Flags should signal differences from the default values. After cleaning
>> up all occurences of FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT, the token can be removed.
> 
> occurences -> occurrences
> 
> can -> will maybe? Since the intention of the patch series is to
> remove it (them) altogether).

Sure.

Best regards
Thomas

> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Cheers,
> Miguel

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