Re: [PATCH/RFC 3/3] drm: Split drm_modeset_helper_vtables.h

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Thomas,

On Thu, Sep 28, 2023 at 3:59 PM Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Am 28.09.23 um 14:16 schrieb Geert Uytterhoeven:
> > <drm/drm_modeset_helper_vtables.h> is the second largest header file in
> > the DRM subsystem, and declares helpers vtables for various DRM
> > components.  Several vtables contain methods with the same name, and all
> > but one vtable do not fit on the screen, making it hard to navigate to
> > the actual method one is interested in.
> >
> > Make it easier for the casual reviewer to keep track by splitting
> > <drm/drm_modeset_helper_vtables.h> in multiple header files, one per DRM
> > component.
>
> I never liked this header either, but do we need new header files? Each
> struct could be appended to the end of the regular header: struct
> drm_plane_helper_funcs to drm_plane.h, drm_connector_helper_func to
> drm_connector.h and so on.

That would work for me, too.  But perhaps we want to maintain a clear
separation between core and helpers?

Note that moving the contents to *_helper.h would be another option,
drm_crtc_helper.h and drm_plane_helper.h already exist.

> > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > RFC, a future patch could replace inclusion of
> > <drm/drm_modeset_helper_vtables.h> by inclusion of one or more of the
> > new files, and reduce compilation time.
> > ---
> >   include/drm/drm_connector_helper_vtable.h   |  364 +++++
> >   include/drm/drm_crtc_helper_vtable.h        |  483 ++++++
> >   include/drm/drm_encoder_helper_vtable.h     |  381 +++++
> >   include/drm/drm_mode_config_helper_vtable.h |   97 ++
> >   include/drm/drm_modeset_helper_vtables.h    | 1466 +------------------
> >   include/drm/drm_plane_helper_vtable.h       |  297 ++++
> >   6 files changed, 1627 insertions(+), 1461 deletions(-)
> >   create mode 100644 include/drm/drm_connector_helper_vtable.h
> >   create mode 100644 include/drm/drm_crtc_helper_vtable.h
> >   create mode 100644 include/drm/drm_encoder_helper_vtable.h
> >   create mode 100644 include/drm/drm_mode_config_helper_vtable.h
> >   create mode 100644 include/drm/drm_plane_helper_vtable.h

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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