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Coding Style

- -

-Mesa is over 20 years old and the coding style has evolved over time. -Some old parts use a style that's a bit out of date. -If the guidelines below don't cover something, try following the format of -existing, neighboring code. -

- -

-Basic formatting guidelines -

- - - - -

Submitting patches

- -

-The basic guidelines for submitting patches are: -

- - - -

Patch formatting

- -

-The basic rules for patch formatting are: -

- - - - - -

Testing Patches

- -

-It should go without saying that patches must be tested. In general, -do whatever testing is prudent. -

- -

-You should always run the Mesa test suite before submitting patches. -The test suite can be run using the 'make check' command. All tests -must pass before patches will be accepted, this may mean you have -to update the tests themselves. -

- -

-Whenever possible and applicable, test the patch with -Piglit to -check for regressions. -

- - -

Mailing Patches

- -

-Patches should be sent to the Mesa mailing list for review. -When submitting a patch make sure to use git send-email rather than attaching -patches to emails. Sending patches as attachments prevents people from being -able to provide in-line review comments. -

- -

-When submitting follow-up patches you can use --in-reply-to to make v2, v3, -etc patches show up as replies to the originals. This usually works well -when you're sending out updates to individual patches (as opposed to -re-sending the whole series). Using --in-reply-to makes -it harder for reviewers to accidentally review old patches. -

- -

Marking a commit as a candidate for a stable branch

- -

-If you want a commit to be applied to a stable branch, -you should add an appropriate note to the commit message. -

- -

-Here are some examples of such a note: -

- - -Simply adding the CC to the mesa-stable list address is adequate to nominate -the commit for the most-recently-created stable branch. It is only necessary -to specify a specific branch name, (such as "9.2 10.0" or "10.0" in the -examples above), if you want to nominate the commit for an older stable -branch. And, as in these examples, you can nominate the commit for the older -branch in addition to the more recent branch, or nominate the commit -exclusively for the older branch. - -This "CC" syntax for patch nomination will cause patches to automatically be -copied to the mesa-stable@ mailing list when you use "git send-email" to send -patches to the mesa-dev@ mailing list. Also, if you realize that a commit -should be nominated for the stable branch after it has already been committed, -you can send a note directly to the mesa-stable@lists.freedesktop.org where -the Mesa stable-branch maintainers will receive it. Be sure to mention the -commit ID of the commit of interest (as it appears in the mesa master branch). - -The latest set of patches that have been nominated, accepted, or rejected for -the upcoming stable release can always be seen on the -Mesa Stable Queue -page. - -

Criteria for accepting patches to the stable branch

- -Mesa has a designated release manager for each stable branch, and the release -manager is the only developer that should be pushing changes to these -branches. Everyone else should simply nominate patches using the mechanism -described above. - -The stable-release manager will work with the list of nominated patches, and -for each patch that meets the crtieria below will cherry-pick the patch with: -git cherry-pick -x <commit>. The -x option is -important so that the picked patch references the comit ID of the original -patch. - -The stable-release manager may at times need to force-push changes to the -stable branches, for example, to drop a previously-picked patch that was later -identified as causing a regression). These force-pushes may cause changes to -be lost from the stable branch if developers push things directly. Consider -yourself warned. - -The stable-release manager is also given broad discretion in rejecting patches -that have been nominated for the stable branch. The most basic rule is that -the stable branch is for bug fixes only, (no new features, no -regressions). Here is a non-exhaustive list of some reasons that a patch may -be rejected: - - - - -

Making a New Mesa Release

- -

-These are the instructions for making a new Mesa release. -

- -

Get latest source files

-

-Use git to get the latest Mesa files from the git repository, from whatever -branch is relevant. This document uses the convention X.Y.Z for the release -being created, which should be created from a branch named X.Y. -

- -

Perform basic testing

-

-The release manager should, at the very least, test the code by compiling it, -installing it, and running the latest piglit to ensure that no piglit tests -have regressed since the previous release. -

- -

-The release manager should do this testing with at least one hardware driver, -(say, whatever is contained in the local development machine), as well as on -both Gallium and non-Gallium software drivers. The software testing can be -performed by running piglit with the following environment-variable set: -

- -
-LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1
-
- -And Gallium vs. non-Gallium software drivers can be obtained by using the -following configure flags on separate builds: - -
---with-dri-drivers=swrast
---with-gallium-drivers=swrast
-
- -

-Note: If both options are given in one build, both swrast_dri.so drivers will -be compiled, but only one will be installed. The following command can be used -to ensure the correct driver is being tested: -

- -
-LIBGL_ALWAYS_SOFTWARE=1 glxinfo | grep "renderer string"
-
- -If any regressions are found in this testing with piglit, stop here, and do -not perform a release until regressions are fixed. - -

Update version in file VERSION

- -

-Increment the version contained in the file VERSION at Mesa's top-level, then -commit this change. -

- -

Create release notes for the new release

- -

-Create a new file docs/relnotes/X.Y.Z.html, (follow the style of the previous -release notes). Note that the sha256sums section of the release notes should -be empty at this point. -

- -

-Two scripts are available to help generate portions of the release notes: - -

-	./bin/bugzilla_mesa.sh
-	./bin/shortlog_mesa.sh
-
- -

-The first script identifies commits that reference bugzilla bugs and obtains -the descriptions of those bugs from bugzilla. The second script generates a -log of all commits. In both cases, HTML-formatted lists are printed to stdout -to be included in the release notes. -

- -

-Commit these changes -

- -

Make the release archives, signatures, and the release tag

-

-From inside the Mesa directory: -

-	./autogen.sh
-	make -j1 tarballs
-
- -

-After the tarballs are created, the sha256 checksums for the files will -be computed and printed. These will be used in a step below. -

- -

-It's important at this point to also verify that the constructed tar file -actually builds: -

- -
-	tar xjf MesaLib-X.Y.Z.tar.bz2
-	cd Mesa-X.Y.Z
-	./configure --enable-gallium-llvm
-	make -j6
-	make install
-
- -

-Some touch testing should also be performed at this point, (run glxgears or -more involved OpenGL programs against the installed Mesa). -

- -

-Create detached GPG signatures for each of the archive files created above: -

- -
-	gpg --sign --detach MesaLib-X.Y.Z.tar.gz
-	gpg --sign --detach MesaLib-X.Y.Z.tar.bz2
-	gpg --sign --detach MesaLib-X.Y.Z.zip
-
- -

-Tag the commit used for the build: -

- -
-	git tag -s mesa-X.Y.X -m "Mesa X.Y.Z release"
-
- -

-Note: It would be nice to investigate and fix the issue that causes the -tarballs target to fail with multiple build process, such as with "-j4". It -would also be nice to incorporate all of the above commands into a single -makefile target. And instead of a custom "tarballs" target, we should -incorporate things into the standard "make dist" and "make distcheck" targets. -

- -

Add the sha256sums to the release notes

- -

-Edit docs/relnotes/X.Y.Z.html to add the sha256sums printed as part of "make -tarballs" in the previous step. Commit this change. -

- -

Push all commits and the tag creates above

- -

-This is the first step that cannot easily be undone. The release is going -forward from this point: -

- -
-	git push origin X.Y --tags
-
- -

Install the release files and signatures on the distribution server

- -

-The following commands can be used to copy the release archive files and -signatures to the freedesktop.org server: -

- -
-	scp MesaLib-X.Y.Z* people.freedesktop.org:
-	ssh people.freedesktop.org
-	cd /srv/ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa
-	mkdir X.Y.Z
-	cd X.Y.Z
-	mv ~/MesaLib-X.Y.Z* .
-
- -

Back on mesa master, andd the new release notes into the tree

- -

-Something like the following steps will do the trick: -

- -
-	cp docs/relnotes/X.Y.Z.html /tmp
-        git checkout master
-        cp /tmp/X.Y.Z.html docs/relnotes
-        git add docs/relnotes/X.Y.Z.html
-
- -

-Also, edit docs/relnotes.html to add a link to the new release notes, and edit -docs/index.html to add a news entry. Then commit and push: -

- -
-	git commit -a -m "docs: Import X.Y.Z release notes, add news item."
-        git push origin
-
- -

Update the mesa3d.org website

- -

-NOTE: The recent release managers have not been performing this step -themselves, but leaving this to Brian Paul, (who has access to the -sourceforge.net hosting for mesa3d.org). Brian is more than willing to grant -the permission necessary to future release managers to do this step on their -own. -

- -

-Update the web site by copying the docs/ directory's files to -/home/users/b/br/brianp/mesa-www/htdocs/ with: -
- -sftp USERNAME,mesa3d@web.sourceforge.net - -

- - -

Announce the release

-

-Make an announcement on the mailing lists: - -mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org, -and -mesa-announce@lists.freedesktop.org - -Follow the template of previously-sent release announcements. The following -command can be used to generate the log of changes to be included in the -release announcement: - -

-	git shortlog mesa-X.Y.Z-1..mesa-X.Y.Z
-
-

- -

Adding Extensions

@@ -653,9 +47,11 @@ To add a new GL extension to Mesa you have to do at least the following.

  • Add a new entry to the gl_extensions struct in mtypes.h + if the extension requires driver capabilities not already exposed by + another extension.
  • - Update the extensions.c file. + Add a new entry to the src/mesa/main/extensions_table.h file.
  • From this point, the best way to proceed is to find another extension, @@ -666,12 +62,18 @@ To add a new GL extension to Mesa you have to do at least the following. If the new extension adds new GL state, the functions in get.c, enable.c and attrib.c will most likely require new code.
  • +
  • + To determine if the new extension is active in the current context, + use the auto-generated _mesa_has_##name_str() function defined in + src/mesa/main/extensions.h. +
  • The dispatch tests check_table.cpp and dispatch_sanity.cpp should be updated with details about the new extensions functions. These tests are run using 'make check'
  • +