[PATCH v3 02/22] drm: convert many bridge drivers from devm_kzalloc() to devm_drm_bridge_alloc() API

[Dmitry Baryshkov]

On Mon, May 12, 2025 at 04:02:01PM +0200, Luca Ceresoli wrote:
> Hi Maxime,
> 
> On Sat, 10 May 2025 10:43:04 +0200
> Maxime Ripard <mripard at kernel.org> wrote:
> 
> > Acked-by: Maxime Ripard <mripard at kernel.org>
> 
> Thanks for looking at this series!
> 
> Unfortunately the exynos patch is still needing a decision. Quick recap
> of the story:
> 
>  1. patch was sent in v2, nobody acked/reviewed it [1]
>  2. was applied by mistake to drm-misc-next [2]
>  3. you pinged maintainers, no reply do far -> should be reverted [3]
>  4. Louis (fomys) asked on IRC how to handle it, no reply [4]
>  5. in this v3 I added a revert (patch 1), no acks/reviews on it [5]
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250424-drm-bridge-convert-to-alloc-api-v2-14-8f91a404d86b@bootlin.com/
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/832a9db0-cf8a-4d35-8a98-08053fbd6723@bootlin.com/
> [3] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250430-arrogant-marmoset-of-justice-92ced3@houat/
> [4] https://dri.freedesktop.org/~cbrill/dri-log/index.php?channel=dri-devel&highlight_names=&date=2025-05-07
> [5] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250509-drm-bridge-convert-to-alloc-api-v3-1-b8bc1f16d7aa@bootlin.com/
> 
> What to do? Proposed plan:
> 
>  1. Louis immediately applies the revert (patch 1)

I can't help but notice that both Louis and you have bootlin.com email
addresses. Granted the lack of responses, can't you ping him internally?

>  2. I send v4 with the original patch to hopefully be reviewed/acked
> 
> Plan is OK?
> 
> I'm assuming Louis doesn't need an Acked/Reviewed-by for that, but I might
> be wrong, and we both would like to avoid further mess.
> 
> This annoying issue is taking much more effort to be fixed than it took
> to develop it. I'd like to get past it and think about the next steps
> in bridge lifetime management.
> 
> Thanks for your understanding.
> 
> Luca
> 
> -- 
> Luca Ceresoli, Bootlin
> Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
> https://bootlin.com

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With best wishes
Dmitry