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SubjectRe: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH] drm: Rename crtc_idr as object_idr to KMS cleanups


On Wed, 31 Oct 2018, Shayenne Moura wrote:

> On 10/31, Julia Lawall wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 31 Oct 2018, Shayenne da Luz Moura wrote:
> >
> > > Rename 'drm_mode_config.crtc_idr' as 'drm_mode_config.object_idr',
> > > as proposed in the task description in TODO list for KMS cleanups.
> >
> > Is object_idr a field that already exists? If so, "Rename" is not the
> > best choice of words. It should be something like "use the object_idr
> > field instead of the crtc_idr field" and then explain why. "task
> > description in TODO list for KMS cleanups" isn't very helpful to
> > understand why the change should be made.
> >
> > julia
>
> Hi Julia,
>
> Thank you for your review!
>
> This patch is to solve this TODO task:
> drm_mode_config.crtc_idr is misnamed, since it contains all KMS object.
> Should be renamed to drm_mode_config.object_idr.
>
> Do you think I need to use this description in my commit message?

That seems more helpful.

But it seems that the name should actually be changed. Which means that
the structure definition should be changed too. Was that done?

julia

>
> Best,
> Shayenne
>
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