Re: [PATCH v3] drm/shmem: Cleanup drm_gem_shmem_create_with_handle()

[Steven Price <steven.price@arm.com>]

On 23/01/2023 15:48, Rob Clark wrote:
> From: Rob Clark <robdclark@chromium.org>
> 
> Once we create the handle, the handle owns the reference.  Currently
> nothing was doing anything with the shmem ptr after the handle was
> created, but let's change drm_gem_shmem_create_with_handle() to not
> return the pointer, so-as to not encourage problematic use of this
> function in the future.  As a bonus, it makes the code a bit cleaner.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rob Clark <robdclark@chromium.org>

Reviewed-by: Steven Price <steven.price@arm.com>

> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c | 13 ++++---------
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c
> index f21f47737817..42c496c5f92c 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c
> @@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ void drm_gem_shmem_vunmap(struct drm_gem_shmem_object *shmem,
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_gem_shmem_vunmap);
>  
> -static struct drm_gem_shmem_object *
> +static int
>  drm_gem_shmem_create_with_handle(struct drm_file *file_priv,
>  				 struct drm_device *dev, size_t size,
>  				 uint32_t *handle)
> @@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ drm_gem_shmem_create_with_handle(struct drm_file *file_priv,
>  
>  	shmem = drm_gem_shmem_create(dev, size);
>  	if (IS_ERR(shmem))
> -		return shmem;
> +		return PTR_ERR(shmem);
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * Allocate an id of idr table where the obj is registered
> @@ -434,10 +434,8 @@ drm_gem_shmem_create_with_handle(struct drm_file *file_priv,
>  	ret = drm_gem_handle_create(file_priv, &shmem->base, handle);
>  	/* drop reference from allocate - handle holds it now. */
>  	drm_gem_object_put(&shmem->base);
> -	if (ret)
> -		return ERR_PTR(ret);
>  
> -	return shmem;
> +	return ret;
>  }
>  
>  /* Update madvise status, returns true if not purged, else
> @@ -520,7 +518,6 @@ int drm_gem_shmem_dumb_create(struct drm_file *file, struct drm_device *dev,
>  			      struct drm_mode_create_dumb *args)
>  {
>  	u32 min_pitch = DIV_ROUND_UP(args->width * args->bpp, 8);
> -	struct drm_gem_shmem_object *shmem;
>  
>  	if (!args->pitch || !args->size) {
>  		args->pitch = min_pitch;
> @@ -533,9 +530,7 @@ int drm_gem_shmem_dumb_create(struct drm_file *file, struct drm_device *dev,
>  			args->size = PAGE_ALIGN(args->pitch * args->height);
>  	}
>  
> -	shmem = drm_gem_shmem_create_with_handle(file, dev, args->size, &args->handle);
> -
> -	return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(shmem);
> +	return drm_gem_shmem_create_with_handle(file, dev, args->size, &args->handle);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(drm_gem_shmem_dumb_create);
>