[PATCH v2 3/3] drm: Mention the power state requirement on side-channel operations

[Maxime Ripard]

The drm_connector detect, drm_dp_aux transfer and mipi_dsi_host
operations typically require to access their underlying device to
perform what is expected of them.

However, there's no guarantee on the fact that the device has been
enabled through atomic_enable or similar that will usually power the
device. The access to an unpowered device is then an undefined behaviour
ranging from the access being ignored to a hard CPU hang.

Let's document that expectation to avoid as much as possible those
consequences.

Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime at cerno.tech>

---

Changes from v1:
  - moved to the field documentation instead of the structure's
---
 include/drm/drm_connector.h | 5 +++++
 include/drm/drm_dp_helper.h | 5 +++++
 include/drm/drm_mipi_dsi.h  | 5 +++++
 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/drm/drm_connector.h b/include/drm/drm_connector.h
index 1922b278ffad..fae03a43d04f 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_connector.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_connector.h
@@ -848,6 +848,11 @@ struct drm_connector_funcs {
 	 * locks to avoid races with concurrent modeset changes need to use
 	 * &drm_connector_helper_funcs.detect_ctx instead.
 	 *
+	 * Also note that this callback can be called no matter the
+	 * state the connector is in. Drivers that need the underlying
+	 * device to be powered to perform the detection will first need
+	 * to make sure it's been properly enabled.
+	 *
 	 * RETURNS:
 	 *
 	 * drm_connector_status indicating the connector's status.
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_dp_helper.h b/include/drm/drm_dp_helper.h
index 0cc6062ff3ad..cb673bc5b871 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_dp_helper.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_dp_helper.h
@@ -1915,6 +1915,11 @@ struct drm_dp_aux {
 	 * The @transfer() function must only modify the reply field of
 	 * the &drm_dp_aux_msg structure. The retry logic and i2c
 	 * helpers assume this is the case.
+	 *
+	 * Also note that this callback can be called no matter the
+	 * state @dev is in. Drivers that need that device to be powered
+	 * to perform this operation will first need to make sure it's
+	 * been properly enabled.
 	 */
 	ssize_t (*transfer)(struct drm_dp_aux *aux,
 			    struct drm_dp_aux_msg *msg);
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_mipi_dsi.h b/include/drm/drm_mipi_dsi.h
index 360e6377e84b..849d3029e303 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_mipi_dsi.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_mipi_dsi.h
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ int mipi_dsi_create_packet(struct mipi_dsi_packet *packet,
  * Note that typically DSI packet transmission is atomic, so the .transfer()
  * function will seldomly return anything other than the number of bytes
  * contained in the transmit buffer on success.
+ *
+ * Also note that those callbacks can be called no matter the state the
+ * host is in. Drivers that need the underlying device to be powered to
+ * perform these operations will first need to make sure it's been
+ * properly enabled.
  */
 struct mipi_dsi_host_ops {
 	int (*attach)(struct mipi_dsi_host *host,
-- 
2.31.1