[Intel-gfx] [PATCH v3 01/10] drm/client: Test for connectors before sending hotplug event

[Sam Ravnborg]

On Fri, Jan 27, 2023 at 03:13:50PM +0100, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Am 25.01.23 um 21:52 schrieb Sam Ravnborg:
> > Hi Thomas,
> > 
> > On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 09:04:06PM +0100, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> > > Test for connectors in the client code and remove a similar test
> > > from the generic fbdev emulation. Do nothing if the test fails.
> > > Not having connectors indicates a driver bug.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann at suse.de>
> > > Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm at redhat.com>
> > > ---
> > >   drivers/gpu/drm/drm_client.c        | 5 +++++
> > >   drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fbdev_generic.c | 5 -----
> > >   2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_client.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_client.c
> > > index 262ec64d4397..09ac191c202d 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_client.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_client.c
> > > @@ -198,6 +198,11 @@ void drm_client_dev_hotplug(struct drm_device *dev)
> > >   	if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_MODESET))
> > >   		return;
> > > +	if (!dev->mode_config.num_connector) {
> > > +		drm_dbg_kms(dev, "No connectors found, will not send hotplug events!\n");
> > > +		return;
> > This deserves a more visible logging - if a driver fails here it would
> > be good to spot it in the normal kernel log.
> > drm_info or drm_notice?
> 
> But is that really noteworthy? AFAIK, this situation can legally happen. So
> if it's expected, why should we print a message about it?
I was reading it as a driver error - as that's not the case current code
is fine.

	Sam