On Thu, 2025-10-30 at 10:48 +0200, Jani Nikula wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Oct 2025, Luca Coelho <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2025-10-22 at 18:17 +0300, Jani Nikula wrote:
> > > Add intel_display_utils.c for display utilities that need more than a
> > > header.
> > > 
> > > Start off with intel_display_run_as_guest(). The implementation is
> > > intentional duplication of the i915_utils.h i915_run_as_guest(), with
> > > the idea that it's small enough to not matter.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula <[email protected]>
> > > ---
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > >  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile                  |  1 +
> > >  .../gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display_utils.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
> > >  .../gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display_utils.h |  6 ++++++
> > >  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_pch.c       |  4 ++--
> > >  drivers/gpu/drm/xe/Makefile                    |  1 +
> > >  5 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > >  create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display_utils.c
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile
> > > index 47bac9b2c611..046f9282fb65 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile
> > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile
> > > @@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ i915-y += \
> > >   display/intel_display_rpm.o \
> > >   display/intel_display_rps.o \
> > >   display/intel_display_snapshot.o \
> > > + display/intel_display_utils.o \
> > >   display/intel_display_wa.o \
> > >   display/intel_dmc.o \
> > >   display/intel_dmc_wl.o \
> > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display_utils.c 
> > > b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display_utils.c
> > > new file mode 100644
> > > index 000000000000..13d3999dd580
> > > --- /dev/null
> > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_display_utils.c
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
> > > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
> > > +/* Copyright © 2025 Intel Corporation */
> > > +
> > > +#ifdef CONFIG_X86
> > > +#include <asm/hypervisor.h>
> > > +#endif
> > > +
> > > +#include "intel_display_utils.h"
> > > +
> > > +bool intel_display_run_as_guest(struct intel_display *display)
> > > +{
> > > +#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86)
> > > + return !hypervisor_is_type(X86_HYPER_NATIVE);
> > > +#else
> > > + /* Not supported yet */
> > > + return false;
> > > +#endif
> > > +}
> > 
> > Why can't this be an inline in the header file?
> 
> I'll turn it around. I think there needs to be a rationale for inlining,
> not the other way around. A regular function should be the default.
> 
> I think the primary reason for inlining would be performance, but I'll
> accept small "superfluous" static inlines that don't require pulling in
> other headers.
> 
> I don't think either is true here.
> 
> Additionally the static inline exposes all of that ifdef mess and the
> implementation details in the header too. A change in asm/hypervisor.h
> leads to a rebuild of everything that includes intel_display_utils.h,
> making the header dependencies worse. (Maybe a change in
> asm/hypervisor.h leads to a rebuild of everything anyway, but you get
> the general point.)

Arguable but fair points, thanks.

Reviewed-by: Luca Coelho <[email protected]>

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Cheers,
Luca.

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