[PATCH] fbdev: Introduce devm_register_framebuffer()

[Helge Deller]

On 8/30/24 12:16, Helge Deller wrote:
> On 8/30/24 11:45, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
>> Introduce a device-managed variant of register_framebuffer() which
>> automatically unregisters the framebuffer on device destruction.
>> This can simplify the error handling and resource management in drivers.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux at weissschuh.net>
>> ---
>> This is a fixed resend of [0], which was broken.
>> Thanks to Bert [1], and Chaitanya Kumar [2]
>> for reporting the issue.
>>
>> [0] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240827-efifb-sysfs-v1-3-c9cc3e052180@weissschuh.net/
>> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240829224124.2978-1-spasswolf@web.de/
>> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/SJ1PR11MB612925C1C533C09F8F62F7CBB9972@SJ1PR11MB6129.namprd11.prod.outlook.com/
>
> I've applied this patch to the fbdev git tree.
> Please double check at
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/deller/linux-fbdev.git/log/?h=for-next
>
> Can you please check if this fixes this new report too:
> https://marc.info/?l=linux-fbdev&m=172500784802901&w=2

Please ignore this ^^^.  You already mentioned this one above.
Helge


>> Helge, I didn't document the function devm_unregister_framebuffer() as
>> it is only an internal helper and will ever only used by one user,
>> similar to other helpers in fbmem.c.
>
> Ok.
>
> Helge