[PATCH v13 02/18] drm: bridge: panel: Support nodrm case for drmm_panel_bridge_add

Jagan Teki jagan at amarulasolutions.com
Mon Feb 27 13:39:07 UTC 2023


On Mon, Feb 27, 2023 at 5:41 PM Maxime Ripard <maxime at cerno.tech> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Feb 27, 2023 at 05:09:09PM +0530, Jagan Teki wrote:
> > drmm_panel_bridge_add DRM-managed action helper is useful for the bridge
> > which automatically removes the bridge when drm pointer is cleaned.
> >
> > Supporting the same on non-component bridges like host DSI bridge requires
> > a drm pointer which is indeed available only when a panel-bridge is found.
> >
> > For these use cases, the caller would call the drmm_panel_bridge_add by
> > passing NULL to drm pointer.
> >
> > So, assign the bridge->dev to drm pointer for those cases.
> >
> > Cc: Maxime Ripard <mripard at kernel.org>
> > Cc: Laurent Pinchart <Laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com>
> > Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij at linaro.org>
> > Cc: Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst at linux.intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Jagan Teki <jagan at amarulasolutions.com>
> > ---
> > Changes for v13:
> > - new patch
> >
> > Note: use case on
> > "[PATCH v13 04/18] drm: exynos: dsi: Switch to DSI panel or bridge find helper"
> >
> >  drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/panel.c | 7 +++++++
> >  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/panel.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/panel.c
> > index d4b112911a99..45a0c6671000 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/panel.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/panel.c
> > @@ -402,6 +402,13 @@ struct drm_bridge *drmm_panel_bridge_add(struct drm_device *drm,
> >       if (IS_ERR(bridge))
> >               return bridge;
> >
> > +     /*
> > +      * For non-component bridges, like host DSI bridge the DRM pointer
> > +      * can be available only when a panel-bridge is found.
> > +      */
> > +     if (!drm)
> > +             drm = bridge->dev;
> > +
>
> Why can't the caller use bridge->dev?
>
> Also, where did the devm_drm_of_dsi_get_bridge go? I thought you were
> going to convert it to a drm-managed version?

I found another solution that supports DRM-managed action common
across dsi and normal bridges, can I send those patches alone by
excluding them from this series?

Please let me know.

Jagan.


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