[PATCH 03/26] drm/todo: add entry about converting to drm_of_find_bridge()
From: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@bootlin.com>
Date: 2025-11-19 13:06:28
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of_drm_find_bridge() is deprecated, but converting some users is very complex and should be reasonably doable only after the DRM panel bridge lifetime rework. Add a TODO to track this. Suggested-by: Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/20250319-stylish-lime-mongoose-0a18ad@houat/ (local) Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@bootlin.com> --- Documentation/gpu/todo.rst | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst
index 9013ced318cb..1a4a11dee036 100644
--- a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst
+++ b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst@@ -506,6 +506,22 @@ Contact: Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>, Level: Intermediate +Convert users of of_drm_find_bridge() to drm_of_find_bridge() +------------------------------------------------------------- + +Taking a struct drm_bridge pointer requires getting a reference and putting +it after disposing of the pointer. Most functions returning a struct +drm_bridge pointer already call drm_bridge_get() to increment the refcount +and their users have been updated to call drm_bridge_put() when +appropriate. of_drm_find_bridge() does not get a reference and it has been +deprecated in favor of drm_of_find_bridge() which does, but some users +still need to be converted. + +Contact: Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>, + Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@bootlin.com> + +Level: Intermediate + Core refactorings =================
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