Quoting Chris Wilson (2018-02-21 11:56:36)
> We want to de-emphasize the link between the request (dependency,
> execution and fence tracking) from GEM and so rename the struct from
> drm_i915_gem_request to i915_request. That is we may implement the GEM
> user interface on top of requests, but they are an abstraction for
> tracking execution rather than an implementation detail of GEM. (Since
> they are not tied to HW, we keep the i915 prefix as opposed to intel.)
> 
> In short, the spatch:
> @@
> 
> @@
> - struct drm_i915_gem_request
> + struct i915_request
> 
> A corollary to contracting the type name, we also harmonise on using
> 'rq' shorthand for local variables where space if of the essence and
> repetition makes 'request' unwieldy. For globals and struct members,
> 'request' is still much preferred for its clarity.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <ch...@chris-wilson.co.uk>
> Cc: Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahti...@linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Mika Kuoppala <mika.kuopp...@linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursu...@intel.com>
> Cc: Michał Winiarski <michal.winiar...@intel.com>
> Cc: Michal Wajdeczko <michal.wajdec...@intel.com>

Right, should not cause a mayhem when merged now.

Acked-by: Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahti...@linux.intel.com>

Regards, Joonas
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