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authorDaniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>2019-09-06 17:44:59 +0300
committerDaniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>2019-09-06 21:23:21 +0300
commit42770cbf18aefbe632f34e4097c872f1dca0ec4a (patch)
tree2063637b3edb259abede7e9b799324769eb8891e /drivers/gpu/drm/drm_blend.c
parentc7581a414d28413c1dd6d116d44859b5a52e0950 (diff)
downloadlinux-42770cbf18aefbe632f34e4097c872f1dca0ec4a.tar.xz
drm/blend: Define the direction of Z position values
We forgot that. Proof is the one igt testcase we have: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/igt-gpu-tools/blob/master/tests/kms_atomic.c#L280 While at it also document that we have immutable zpos properties in some cases. Reported-by: Pekka Paalanen <pekka.paalanen@collabora.com> Cc: Pekka Paalanen <pekka.paalanen@collabora.com> Reviewed-by: Pekka Paalanen <pekka.paalanen@collabora.com> Cc: Ilia Mirkin <imirkin@alum.mit.edu> Acked-by: Ilia Mirkin <imirkin@alum.mit.edu> Reviewed-by: Daniel Stone <daniels@collabora.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@intel.com> Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20190906144459.16025-1-daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch
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diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_blend.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_blend.c
index 37ac168fcb60..d02709dd2d4a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_blend.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_blend.c
@@ -130,7 +130,12 @@
* Z position is set up with drm_plane_create_zpos_immutable_property() and
* drm_plane_create_zpos_property(). It controls the visibility of overlapping
* planes. Without this property the primary plane is always below the cursor
- * plane, and ordering between all other planes is undefined.
+ * plane, and ordering between all other planes is undefined. The positive
+ * Z axis points towards the user, i.e. planes with lower Z position values
+ * are underneath planes with higher Z position values. Note that the Z
+ * position value can also be immutable, to inform userspace about the
+ * hard-coded stacking of overlay planes, see
+ * drm_plane_create_zpos_immutable_property().
*
* pixel blend mode:
* Pixel blend mode is set up with drm_plane_create_blend_mode_property().