[PATCH v5 3/6] drm/bridge: cadence: cdns-mhdp8546-core: Set the mhdp connector earlier in atomic_enable()

Harikrishna Shenoy h-shenoy at ti.com
Mon Aug 11 07:59:01 UTC 2025


From: Jayesh Choudhary <j-choudhary at ti.com>

In case if we get errors in cdns_mhdp_link_up() or cdns_mhdp_reg_read()
in atomic_enable, we will go to cdns_mhdp_modeset_retry_fn() and will hit
NULL pointer while trying to access the mutex. We need the connector to
be set before that. Unlike in legacy !(DBANC) cases, we do not have
connector initialised in bridge_attach(). So set the mhdp->connector
in atomic_enable() earlier to avoid possible NULL pointer.

Fixes: c932ced6b585 ("drm/tidss: Update encoder/bridge chain connect model")
Signed-off-by: Jayesh Choudhary <j-choudhary at ti.com>
---
 .../drm/bridge/cadence/cdns-mhdp8546-core.c   | 20 +++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/cadence/cdns-mhdp8546-core.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/cadence/cdns-mhdp8546-core.c
index c2ce3d6e5a88..b2f5a48cac2d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/cadence/cdns-mhdp8546-core.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/cadence/cdns-mhdp8546-core.c
@@ -1759,12 +1759,21 @@ static void cdns_mhdp_atomic_enable(struct drm_bridge *bridge,
 	struct drm_bridge_state *new_state;
 	const struct drm_display_mode *mode;
 	u32 resp;
-	int ret;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	dev_dbg(mhdp->dev, "bridge enable\n");
 
 	mutex_lock(&mhdp->link_mutex);
 
+	mhdp->connector = drm_atomic_get_new_connector_for_encoder(state,
+								   bridge->encoder);
+	if (WARN_ON(!mhdp->connector))
+		goto out;
+
+	conn_state = drm_atomic_get_new_connector_state(state, mhdp->connector);
+	if (WARN_ON(!conn_state))
+		goto out;
+
 	if (mhdp->plugged && !mhdp->link_up) {
 		ret = cdns_mhdp_link_up(mhdp);
 		if (ret < 0)
@@ -1784,15 +1793,6 @@ static void cdns_mhdp_atomic_enable(struct drm_bridge *bridge,
 	cdns_mhdp_reg_write(mhdp, CDNS_DPTX_CAR,
 			    resp | CDNS_VIF_CLK_EN | CDNS_VIF_CLK_RSTN);
 
-	mhdp->connector = drm_atomic_get_new_connector_for_encoder(state,
-								   bridge->encoder);
-	if (WARN_ON(!mhdp->connector))
-		goto out;
-
-	conn_state = drm_atomic_get_new_connector_state(state, mhdp->connector);
-	if (WARN_ON(!conn_state))
-		goto out;
-
 	if (mhdp->hdcp_supported &&
 	    mhdp->hw_state == MHDP_HW_READY &&
 	    conn_state->content_protection ==
-- 
2.34.1



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