From: Doug Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>
To: neil.armstrong@linaro.org
Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>,
lvzhaoxiong@huaqin.corp-partner.google.com,
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Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>,
Joel Selvaraj <jo@jsfamily.in>,
Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@linaro.org>,
Cong Yang <yangcong5@huaqin.corp-partner.google.com>,
Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>, Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch>,
David Airlie <airlied@gmail.com>,
Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@linux.intel.com>,
Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>,
Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/8] drm/mipi-dsi: Introduce mipi_dsi_*_write_seq_multi()
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 07:26:41 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAD=FV=V=EvEGp4tGDd-UQ1R=XkAwDn04ftd8oWU=UE=3Gi7SLQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2af446d3-7834-4a6b-897b-b14c6bccff65@linaro.org>
Hi,
On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 2:38 AM Neil Armstrong
<neil.armstrong@linaro.org> wrote:
>
> > +/**
> > + * struct mipi_dsi_multi_context - Context to call multiple MIPI DSI funcs in a row
> > + * @dsi: Pointer to the MIPI DSI device
> > + * @accum_err: Storage for the accumulated error over the multiple calls. Init
> > + * to 0. If a function encounters an error then the error code will be
> > + * stored here. If you call a function and this points to a non-zero
> > + * value then the function will be a noop. This allows calling a function
> > + * many times in a row and just checking the error at the end to see if
> > + * any of them failed.
> > + */
> > +
> > +struct mipi_dsi_multi_context {
> > + struct mipi_dsi_device *dsi;
> > + int accum_err;
> > +};
>
> I like the design, but having a context struct seems over-engineered while we could pass
> a single int over without encapsulating it with mipi_dsi_multi_context.
>
> void mipi_dsi_dcs_write_buffer_multi(struct mipi_dsi_multi_context *ctx,
> const void *data, size_t len);
> vs
> void mipi_dsi_dcs_write_buffer_multi(struct mipi_dsi_device *dsi, int *accum_err,
> const void *data, size_t len);
>
> is the same, and it avoids having to declare a mipi_dsi_multi_context and set ctx->dsi,
> and I'll find it much easier to migrate, just add a &ret and make sure ret is initialized to 0.
Yeah, I had the same reaction when Jani suggested the context style
[1] and I actually coded it up exactly as you suggest above. I then
changed my mind and went with the context. My motivation was that when
I tested it I found that using the context produced smaller code.
Specifically, from the description of this patch we see we end up
with:
Total: Before=10651, After=9663, chg -9.28%
...when I didn't have the context and I had the accum_err then instead
of getting ~9% smaller I believe it actually got ~0.5% bigger. This
makes some sense as the caller has to pass 4 parameters to each call
instead of 3.
It's not a giant size difference but it was at least some motivation
that helped push me in this direction. I'd also say that when I looked
at the code in the end the style grew on me. It's really not too
terrible to have one line in your functions that looks like:
struct mipi_dsi_multi_context ctx = { .dsi = boe->dsi };
...and if that becomes the canonical way to do it then it's really
hard to accidentally forget to initialize the error value. With the
other API it's _very_ easy to forget to initialize the error value and
the compiler won't yell at you. It also makes it very obvious to the
caller that this function is doing something a little different than
most Linux APIs with that error return.
So I guess I'd say that I ended up being pretty happy with the
"context" even if it does feel a little over engineered and I'd argue
to keep it that way. That being said, if you feel strongly about it
then we can perhaps get others to chime in to see which style they
prefer? Let me know what you think.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/8734r85tcf.fsf@intel.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-04-29 14:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-04-26 23:58 [PATCH v2 0/8] drm/mipi-dsi: Reduce bloat and add funcs for cleaner init seqs Douglas Anderson
2024-04-26 23:58 ` [PATCH v2 1/8] drm/mipi-dsi: Fix theoretical int overflow in mipi_dsi_dcs_write_seq() Douglas Anderson
2024-04-27 1:44 ` Dmitry Baryshkov
2024-04-27 6:22 ` Sam Ravnborg
2024-04-29 21:42 ` Doug Anderson
2024-04-26 23:58 ` [PATCH v2 2/8] drm/mipi-dsi: Fix theoretical int overflow in mipi_dsi_generic_write_seq() Douglas Anderson
2024-04-26 23:58 ` [PATCH v2 3/8] drm/mipi-dsi: Reduce driver bloat of mipi_dsi_*_write_seq() Douglas Anderson
2024-04-27 2:05 ` Dmitry Baryshkov
2024-04-26 23:58 ` [PATCH v2 4/8] drm/mipi-dsi: Introduce mipi_dsi_*_write_seq_multi() Douglas Anderson
2024-04-27 6:32 ` Sam Ravnborg
2024-04-29 14:13 ` Doug Anderson
2024-04-29 9:38 ` Neil Armstrong
2024-04-29 14:26 ` Doug Anderson [this message]
2024-04-29 15:39 ` Jani Nikula
2024-05-01 15:49 ` Doug Anderson
2024-05-01 15:57 ` Dmitry Baryshkov
2024-05-06 6:21 ` Linus Walleij
2024-04-26 23:58 ` [PATCH v2 5/8] drm/mipi-dsi: mipi_dsi_*_write functions don't need to ratelimit prints Douglas Anderson
2024-04-26 23:58 ` [PATCH v2 6/8] drm/panel: novatek-nt36672e: Switch to mipi_dsi_dcs_write_seq_multi() Douglas Anderson
2024-04-26 23:58 ` [PATCH v2 7/8] drm/panel: boe-tv101wum-nl6: Don't use a table for initting commands Douglas Anderson
2024-04-26 23:58 ` [PATCH v2 8/8] drm/panel: boe-tv101wum-nl6: Convert hex to lowercase Douglas Anderson
2024-04-27 8:48 ` Dmitry Baryshkov
2024-04-29 9:20 ` [PATCH v2 0/8] drm/mipi-dsi: Reduce bloat and add funcs for cleaner init seqs Jani Nikula
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