[PATCH v4 0/5] ppc, fbdev: Clean up fbdev mmap helper

Arnd Bergmann arnd at arndb.de
Thu Sep 21 01:06:48 AEST 2023


On Tue, Sep 12, 2023, at 09:48, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> Clean up and rename fb_pgprotect() to work without struct file. Then
> refactor the implementation for PowerPC. This change has been discussed
> at [1] in the context of refactoring fbdev's mmap code.
>
> The first two patches update fbdev and replace fbdev's fb_pgprotect()
> with pgprot_framebuffer() on all architectures. The new helper's stream-
> lined interface enables more refactoring within fbdev's mmap
> implementation.
>
> Patches 3 to 5 adapt PowerPC's internal interfaces to provide
> phys_mem_access_prot() that works without struct file. Neither the
> architecture code or fbdev helpers need the parameter.
>
> v4:
> 	* fix commit message (Christophe)
> v3:
> 	* rename fb_pgrotect() to pgprot_framebuffer() (Arnd)

I had another look today, and everything look good to me now.

Whole series

Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>


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