Thread (21 messages) 21 messages, 2 authors, 2026-01-31

Re: [PATCH v4 4/4] drm/bridge: imx8qxp-pixel-link: get/put the next bridge

From: Liu Ying <victor.liu@nxp.com>
Date: 2026-01-26 08:05:52
Also in: dri-devel, imx, lkml

Hi Luca,

On Wed, Jan 07, 2026 at 10:56:29AM +0100, Luca Ceresoli wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
This driver obtains a bridge pointer from of_drm_find_bridge() in the probe
function and stores it until driver removal. of_drm_find_bridge() is
deprecated. Move to of_drm_find_and_get_bridge() for the bridge to be
refcounted and use bridge->next_bridge to put the reference on
deallocation.

This needs to be handled in various steps:

 * the bridge returned of_drm_get_bridge() is stored in the local temporary
   variable next_bridge whose scope is the for loop, so a cleanup action is
   enough
 * the value of next_bridge is copied into selected_bridge, potentially
   more than once, so a cleanup action at function scope plus a
   drm_bridge_put() in case of reassignment are enough
 * on successful return selected_bridge is stored in bridge->next_bridge,
   which ensures it is put when the bridge is deallocated

Reviewed-by: Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@bootlin.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/imx8qxp-pixel-link.c | 16 +++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/imx8qxp-pixel-link.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/imx8qxp-pixel-link.c
index 91e4f4d55469..b3050310a7f0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/imx8qxp-pixel-link.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/imx8qxp-pixel-link.c
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 
 struct imx8qxp_pixel_link {
 	struct drm_bridge bridge;
-	struct drm_bridge *next_bridge;
 	struct device *dev;
 	struct imx_sc_ipc *ipc_handle;
 	u8 stream_id;
@@ -140,7 +139,7 @@ static int imx8qxp_pixel_link_bridge_attach(struct drm_bridge *bridge,
 	}
 
 	return drm_bridge_attach(encoder,
-				 pl->next_bridge, bridge,
+				 pl->bridge.next_bridge, bridge,
 				 DRM_BRIDGE_ATTACH_NO_CONNECTOR);
 }
 
@@ -260,7 +259,7 @@ static int imx8qxp_pixel_link_find_next_bridge(struct imx8qxp_pixel_link *pl)
 {
 	struct device_node *np = pl->dev->of_node;
 	struct device_node *port;
-	struct drm_bridge *selected_bridge = NULL;
+	struct drm_bridge *selected_bridge __free(drm_bridge_put) = NULL;
 	u32 port_id;
 	bool found_port = false;
 	int reg;
@@ -297,7 +296,8 @@ static int imx8qxp_pixel_link_find_next_bridge(struct imx8qxp_pixel_link *pl)
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		struct drm_bridge *next_bridge = of_drm_find_bridge(remote);
+		struct drm_bridge *next_bridge __free(drm_bridge_put) =
+			of_drm_find_and_get_bridge(remote);
 		if (!next_bridge)
 			return -EPROBE_DEFER;
 
@@ -305,12 +305,14 @@ static int imx8qxp_pixel_link_find_next_bridge(struct imx8qxp_pixel_link *pl)
 		 * Select the next bridge with companion PXL2DPI if
 		 * present, otherwise default to the first bridge
 		 */
-		if (!selected_bridge || of_property_present(remote, "fsl,companion-pxl2dpi"))
-			selected_bridge = next_bridge;
+		if (!selected_bridge || of_property_present(remote, "fsl,companion-pxl2dpi")) {
+			drm_bridge_put(selected_bridge);
+			selected_bridge = drm_bridge_get(next_bridge);
Considering selecting the first bridge without the companion pxl2dpi,
there would be a superfluous refcount for the selected bridge:

1) of_drm_find_and_get_bridge: refcount = 1
2) drm_bridge_put: noop, since selected_bridge is NULL, refcount = 1
3) drm_bridge_get: refcount = 2
4) drm_bridge_put(__free): refcount = 1
5) drm_bridge_get: for the pl->bridge.next_bridge, refcount = 2

I think the below snippet would be the right thing to do:
-8<-
{
	...

	struct drm_bridge *next_bridge __free(drm_bridge_put) =
		of_drm_find_and_get_bridge(remote);
  		if (!next_bridge)
  			return -EPROBE_DEFER;

	/*
	 * Select the next bridge with companion PXL2DPI if
	 * present, otherwise default to the first bridge
	 */
	if (!selected_bridge)
		selected_bridge = drm_bridge_get(next_bridge);

	if (of_property_present(remote, "fsl,companion-pxl2dpi")) {
		if (selected_bridge)
			drm_bridge_put(selected_bridge);

		selected_bridge = drm_bridge_get(next_bridge);
	}
}

...
pl->bridge.next_bridge = selected_bridge;
-8<-

Make sense?
+		}
 	}
 
 	pl->mst_addr = port_id - 1;
-	pl->next_bridge = selected_bridge;
+	pl->bridge.next_bridge = drm_bridge_get(selected_bridge);
 
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
Regards,
Liu Ying
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