On Wed, 21 Jul 2021 13:43:05 +0200 Daniel Vetter <dan...@ffwll.ch> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 06:51:30AM +0000, Simon Ser wrote:
> > When a property has the type DRM_MODE_PROP_BITMASK, the value field
> > stores a bitshift, not a bitmask, which can be surprising.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Simon Ser <cont...@emersion.fr>
> > Cc: Pekka Paalanen <pekka.paala...@collabora.com>
> > Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vet...@ffwll.ch>
> > Cc: Leandro Ribeiro <leandro.ribe...@collabora.com>
> > ---
> > include/drm/drm_property.h | 5 +++++
> > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/drm/drm_property.h b/include/drm/drm_property.h
> > index bbf5c1fdd7b0..f3ea7f97f372 100644
> > --- a/include/drm/drm_property.h
> > +++ b/include/drm/drm_property.h
> > @@ -37,6 +37,11 @@
> > *
> > * For enumeration and bitmask properties this structure stores the
> > symbolic
> > * decoding for each value. This is used for example for the rotation
> > property.
> > + *
> > + * If the property has the type &DRM_MODE_PROP_BITMASK, @value stores a
> > + * bitshift, not a bitmask. In other words, the enum entry is enabled if
> > the
> > + * bit number @value is set in the property's value. This enum entry has
> > the
> > + * bitmask ``1 << value``.
>
> Please move this into an inline comment to make it clear that this is
> specifically about @value. With that:
>
> Reviewed-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vet...@ffwll.ch>
>
With that
Acked-by: Pekka Paalanen <pekka.paala...@collabora.com>
Thanks,
pq
> I was also pondering whether we have a nice place to link to for
> "property's value" but really they're just uint64_t all over the place,
> and only stored in the drm_mode_object for non-atomic properties. So
> wording sounds like the best option we have.
>
> > */
> > struct drm_property_enum {
> > uint64_t value;
> > --
> > 2.32.0
> >
> >
>
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