[RFC PATCH v2 2/3] drm/bridge: cadence: cdns-mhdp8546*: Change drm_connector from pointer to structure

Jayesh Choudhary j-choudhary at ti.com
Tue May 27 10:39:18 UTC 2025



On 27/05/25 14:59, Jayesh Choudhary wrote:
> Hello Tomi,
> 
> On 27/05/25 13:28, Tomi Valkeinen wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 21/05/2025 10:32, Jayesh Choudhary wrote:
>>> After adding DBANC framework, mhdp->connector is not initialised during
>>> bridge calls. But the asyncronous work scheduled depends on the 
>>> connector.
>>> We cannot get to drm_atomic_state in these asyncronous calls running on
>>> worker threads. So we need to store the data that we need in mhdp bridge
>>> structure.
>>> Like other bridge drivers, use drm_connector pointer instead of 
>>> structure
>>> and make appropriate changes to the conditionals and assignments related
>>> to mhdp->connector.
>>> Also, in the atomic enable call, move the connector  and connector state
>>> calls above, so that we do have a connector before we can retry the
>>> asyncronous work in case of any failure.
>>>
>>
>> I don't quite understand this patch. You change the mhdp->connector to a
>> pointer, which is set at bridge_enable and cleared at bridge_disable.
>> Then you change the "mhdp->connector.dev" checks to "mhdp->connector".
>>
>> So, now in e.g. cdns_mhdp_fw_cb(), we check for mhdp->connector, which
>> is set at bridge_enable(). Can we ever have the bridge enabled before
>> the fb has been loaded? What is the check even supposed to do there?
>>
>> Another in cdns_mhdp_hpd_work(), it checks for mhdp->connector. So...
>> HPD code behaves differently based on if the bridge has been enabled or
>> not? What is it supposed to do?
>>
>> Isn't the whole "if (mhdp->connector.dev)" code for the legacy
>> non-DRM_BRIDGE_ATTACH_NO_CONNECTOR case?
>>
>>   Tomi
> 
> I misinterpreted your comment in v1[0] regarding finding the connector
> from the current state in cdns_mhdp_modeset_retry_fn() and I missed
> this. I was more focused on finding a connector for that function.
> 
> For the current code, in all the conditionals involving mhdp->connector,
> we are entering else statements as connector is not initialised.
> So I will just drop if statements in cdns_mhdp_fw_cb() and
> cdns_mhdp_hpd_work() (like you said, its legacy case) while still having
> mhdp->connector as pointer as we need it for
> cdns_mhdp_modeset_retry_fn() and in cdns-mhdp8546-hdcp driver.
> 
> That should be okay?
> 
> [0]: 
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/e76f94b9-b138-46e7-bb18-b33dd98c9abb@ideasonboard.com/
> 
> Warm Regards,
> Jayesh
> 
> 

Tomi,

One more thing here. Should this be squashed with the first patch as
this is sort of removing !(DRM_BRIDGE_ATTACH_NO_CONNECTOR) case and
associated changes?


>>
>>> Fixes: fb43aa0acdfd ("drm: bridge: Add support for Cadence MHDP8546 
>>> DPI/DP bridge")
>>> Signed-off-by: Jayesh Choudhary <j-choudhary at ti.com>
>>> ---
>>>   .../drm/bridge/cadence/cdns-mhdp8546-core.c   | 28 +++++++++----------
>>>   .../drm/bridge/cadence/cdns-mhdp8546-core.h   |  2 +-
>>>   .../drm/bridge/cadence/cdns-mhdp8546-hdcp.c   |  8 +++---
>>>   3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/cadence/cdns-mhdp8546-core.c 
>>> b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/cadence/cdns-mhdp8546-core.c
>>> index 66bd916c2fe9..5388e62f230b 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/cadence/cdns-mhdp8546-core.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/cadence/cdns-mhdp8546-core.c
>>> @@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ static void cdns_mhdp_fw_cb(const struct firmware 
>>> *fw, void *context)
>>>       bridge_attached = mhdp->bridge_attached;
>>>       spin_unlock(&mhdp->start_lock);
>>>       if (bridge_attached) {
>>> -        if (mhdp->connector.dev)
>>> +        if (mhdp->connector)
>>>               drm_kms_helper_hotplug_event(mhdp->bridge.dev);
>>>           else
>>>               drm_bridge_hpd_notify(&mhdp->bridge, 
>>> cdns_mhdp_detect(mhdp));
>>> @@ -1759,17 +1759,25 @@ static void cdns_mhdp_atomic_enable(struct 
>>> drm_bridge *bridge,
>>>       struct cdns_mhdp_device *mhdp = bridge_to_mhdp(bridge);
>>>       struct cdns_mhdp_bridge_state *mhdp_state;
>>>       struct drm_crtc_state *crtc_state;
>>> -    struct drm_connector *connector;
>>>       struct drm_connector_state *conn_state;
>>>       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)
>>> @@ -1789,15 +1797,6 @@ 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);
>>> -    connector = drm_atomic_get_new_connector_for_encoder(state,
>>> -                                 bridge->encoder);
>>> -    if (WARN_ON(!connector))
>>> -        goto out;
>>> -
>>> -    conn_state = drm_atomic_get_new_connector_state(state, connector);
>>> -    if (WARN_ON(!conn_state))
>>> -        goto out;
>>> -
>>>       if (mhdp->hdcp_supported &&
>>>           mhdp->hw_state == MHDP_HW_READY &&
>>>           conn_state->content_protection ==
>>> @@ -1857,6 +1856,7 @@ static void cdns_mhdp_atomic_disable(struct 
>>> drm_bridge *bridge,
>>>           cdns_mhdp_hdcp_disable(mhdp);
>>>       mhdp->bridge_enabled = false;
>>> +    mhdp->connector = NULL;
>>>       cdns_mhdp_reg_read(mhdp, CDNS_DP_FRAMER_GLOBAL_CONFIG, &resp);
>>>       resp &= ~CDNS_DP_FRAMER_EN;
>>>       resp |= CDNS_DP_NO_VIDEO_MODE;
>>> @@ -2157,7 +2157,7 @@ static void cdns_mhdp_modeset_retry_fn(struct 
>>> work_struct *work)
>>>       mhdp = container_of(work, typeof(*mhdp), modeset_retry_work);
>>> -    conn = &mhdp->connector;
>>> +    conn = mhdp->connector;
>>>       /* Grab the locks before changing connector property */
>>>       mutex_lock(&conn->dev->mode_config.mutex);
>>> @@ -2234,7 +2234,7 @@ static void cdns_mhdp_hpd_work(struct 
>>> work_struct *work)
>>>       int ret;
>>>       ret = cdns_mhdp_update_link_status(mhdp);
>>> -    if (mhdp->connector.dev) {
>>> +    if (mhdp->connector) {
>>>           if (ret < 0)
>>>               schedule_work(&mhdp->modeset_retry_work);
>>>           else
>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/cadence/cdns-mhdp8546-core.h 
>>> b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/cadence/cdns-mhdp8546-core.h
>>> index bad2fc0c7306..b297db53ba28 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/cadence/cdns-mhdp8546-core.h
>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/cadence/cdns-mhdp8546-core.h
>>> @@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ struct cdns_mhdp_device {
>>>        */
>>>       struct mutex link_mutex;
>>> -    struct drm_connector connector;
>>> +    struct drm_connector *connector;
>>>       struct drm_bridge bridge;
>>>       struct cdns_mhdp_link link;
>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/cadence/cdns-mhdp8546-hdcp.c 
>>> b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/cadence/cdns-mhdp8546-hdcp.c
>>> index 42248f179b69..59f18c3281ef 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/cadence/cdns-mhdp8546-hdcp.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/cadence/cdns-mhdp8546-hdcp.c
>>> @@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ static int _cdns_mhdp_hdcp_disable(struct 
>>> cdns_mhdp_device *mhdp)
>>>       int ret;
>>>       dev_dbg(mhdp->dev, "[%s:%d] HDCP is being disabled...\n",
>>> -        mhdp->connector.name, mhdp->connector.base.id);
>>> +        mhdp->connector->name, mhdp->connector->base.id);
>>>       ret = cdns_mhdp_hdcp_set_config(mhdp, 0, false);
>>> @@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ static int cdns_mhdp_hdcp_check_link(struct 
>>> cdns_mhdp_device *mhdp)
>>>       dev_err(mhdp->dev,
>>>           "[%s:%d] HDCP link failed, retrying authentication\n",
>>> -        mhdp->connector.name, mhdp->connector.base.id);
>>> +        mhdp->connector->name, mhdp->connector->base.id);
>>>       ret = _cdns_mhdp_hdcp_disable(mhdp);
>>>       if (ret) {
>>> @@ -487,13 +487,13 @@ static void cdns_mhdp_hdcp_prop_work(struct 
>>> work_struct *work)
>>>       struct cdns_mhdp_device *mhdp = container_of(hdcp,
>>>                                struct cdns_mhdp_device,
>>>                                hdcp);
>>> -    struct drm_device *dev = mhdp->connector.dev;
>>> +    struct drm_device *dev = mhdp->connector->dev;
>>>       struct drm_connector_state *state;
>>>       drm_modeset_lock(&dev->mode_config.connection_mutex, NULL);
>>>       mutex_lock(&mhdp->hdcp.mutex);
>>>       if (mhdp->hdcp.value != DRM_MODE_CONTENT_PROTECTION_UNDESIRED) {
>>> -        state = mhdp->connector.state;
>>> +        state = mhdp->connector->state;
>>>           state->content_protection = mhdp->hdcp.value;
>>>       }
>>>       mutex_unlock(&mhdp->hdcp.mutex);
>>


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