[PATCH 1/2] drm/bridge: ps8640: Skip redundant bridge enable

[Pin-yen Lin]

Hi Doug,

On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 5:31 AM Doug Anderson <dianders at chromium.org> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 4:00 AM Pin-yen Lin <treapking at chromium.org> wrote:
> >
> > Skip the drm_bridge_chain_pre_enable call when the bridge is already
> > pre_enabled. This make pre_enable and post_disable (thus
> > pm_runtime_get/put) symmetric.
> >
> > Fixes: 46f206304db0 ("drm/bridge: ps8640: Rework power state handling")
> > Signed-off-by: Pin-yen Lin <treapking at chromium.org>
> > ---
> >
> >  drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/parade-ps8640.c | 3 ++-
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/parade-ps8640.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/parade-ps8640.c
> > index 4b361d7d5e44..08de501c436e 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/parade-ps8640.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/parade-ps8640.c
> > @@ -557,7 +557,8 @@ static struct edid *ps8640_bridge_get_edid(struct drm_bridge *bridge,
> >          * EDID, for this chip, we need to do a full poweron, otherwise it will
> >          * fail.
> >          */
> > -       drm_atomic_bridge_chain_pre_enable(bridge, connector->state->state);
> > +       if (poweroff)
> > +               drm_atomic_bridge_chain_pre_enable(bridge, connector->state->state);
>
> It always seemed weird to me that this function was asymmetric, so I
> like this change, thanks!
>
> I also remember wondering before how this function was safe, though.
> The callpath for getting here from the ioctl is documented in the
> function and when I look at it I wonder if anything is preventing the
> bridge from being enabled / disabled through normal means at the same
> time your function is running. That could cause all sorts of badness
> if it is indeed possible. Does anyone reading this know if that's
> indeed a problem?

If the "normal mean" is disabling the bridge, then we are probably
disabling the whole display pipeline. If so, is the EDID still
relevant in this case?

drm_get_edid returns NULL whenever error happens, and the helpers seem
to handle this case properly.
>
> I suppose that, if this is unsafe, it's no more unsafe now than it was
> before your patch, so I guess:
>
> Reviewed-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders at chromium.org>
>
> If there are no issues, I'll plan to land this patch and the next one
> to drm-misc-next sometime late-ish next week.

Thanks for the review. I'll submit a v2 to collect the review tags and
fix up the nit in patch 2/2.

Best regards,
Pin-yen