[PATCH] drm: rcar-du: Use drmm_encoder_alloc() to manage encoder

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 11:00 AM Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert at linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 6:02 PM Kieran Bingham
> <kieran.bingham+renesas at ideasonboard.com> wrote:
> > The encoder allocation was converted to a DRM managed resource at the
> > same time as the addition of a new helper drmm_encoder_alloc() which
> > simplifies the same process.
> >
> > Convert the custom drm managed resource allocation of the encoder
> > with the helper to simplify the implementation, and prevent hitting a
> > WARN_ON() due to the handling the drm_encoder_init() call directly
> > without registering a .destroy() function op.
> >
> > Fixes: f5f16725edbc ("drm: rcar-du: Use DRM-managed allocation for encoders")
> > Reported-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas at glider.be>
> > Signed-off-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham+renesas at ideasonboard.com>
>
> Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas at glider.be>
> As in "the WARNING from drm_encoder_init() is gone".

JFYI, the WARNING is now in v5.12-rc1, the fix isn't.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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