Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] drm/ssd130x: Remove hardcoded bits-per-pixel in ssd130x_buf_alloc()

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Wed Jul 12 2023 - 06:24:33 EST


Hi Javier,

Thanks for your patch!

On Fri, Jun 9, 2023 at 7:09 PM Javier Martinez Canillas
<javierm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The driver only supports OLED controllers that have a native DRM_FORMAT_C1

DRM_FORMAT_R1 (colormap is fixed to white-on-black).

> pixel format and that is why it has harcoded a division of the width by 8.

hardcoded.

> But the driver might be extended to support devices that have a different
> pixel format. So it's better to use the struct drm_format_info helpers to
> compute the size of the buffer, used to store the pixels in native format.
>
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx>

> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/solomon/ssd130x.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/solomon/ssd130x.c
> @@ -150,9 +150,16 @@ static int ssd130x_buf_alloc(struct ssd130x_device *ssd130x)
> {
> unsigned int page_height = ssd130x->device_info->page_height;
> unsigned int pages = DIV_ROUND_UP(ssd130x->height, page_height);
> + const struct drm_format_info *fi;
> + unsigned int pitch;
>
> - ssd130x->buffer = kcalloc(DIV_ROUND_UP(ssd130x->width, 8),
> - ssd130x->height, GFP_KERNEL);
> + fi = drm_format_info(DRM_FORMAT_C1);

DRM_FORMAT_R1.

> + if (!fi)
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + pitch = drm_format_info_min_pitch(fi, 0, ssd130x->width);
> +
> + ssd130x->buffer = kcalloc(pitch, ssd130x->height, GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!ssd130x->buffer)
> return -ENOMEM;

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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