Re: [PATCH v11 06/15] drm/vkms: Avoid computing blending limits inside pre_mul_alpha_blend

[Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>]

Hi--

On 9/30/24 8:31 AM, Louis Chauvet wrote:
> The pre_mul_alpha_blend is dedicated to blending, so to avoid mixing
> different concepts (coordinate calculation and color management), extract
> the x_limit and x_dst computation outside of this helper.
> It also increases the maintainability by grouping the computation related
> to coordinates in the same place: the loop in `blend`.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Pekka Paalanen <pekka.paalanen@collabora.com>
> Signed-off-by: Louis Chauvet <louis.chauvet@bootlin.com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_composer.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++-------------------
>  1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_composer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_composer.c
> index 931e214b225c..4d220bbb023c 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_composer.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_composer.c
> @@ -24,34 +24,30 @@ static u16 pre_mul_blend_channel(u16 src, u16 dst, u16 alpha)
>  
>  /**
>   * pre_mul_alpha_blend - alpha blending equation
> - * @frame_info: Source framebuffer's metadata
>   * @stage_buffer: The line with the pixels from src_plane
>   * @output_buffer: A line buffer that receives all the blends output
> + * @x_start: The start offset
> + * @pixel_count: The number of pixels to blend

so is this actually pixel count + 1; or

>   *
> - * Using the information from the `frame_info`, this blends only the
> - * necessary pixels from the `stage_buffer` to the `output_buffer`
> - * using premultiplied blend formula.
> + * The pixels 0..@pixel_count in stage_buffer are blended at @x_start..@x_start+@pixel_count in

should these ranges include a "- 1"?
Else please explain.

> + * output_buffer.