Hi

Am 20.05.19 um 10:33 schrieb Thomas Zimmermann:

Hi

Am 20.05.19 um 10:21 schrieb Daniel Vetter:
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quoted

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
index fc3d34a8ea5b..ae2db31eeba7 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c

@@ -1660,7 +1660,6 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(lockless_register_fb,
 static int do_register_framebuffer(struct fb_info *fb_info)
 {
 	int i, ret;
-	struct fb_event event;
 	struct fb_videomode mode;
 
 	if (fb_check_foreignness(fb_info))

@@ -1723,7 +1722,6 @@ static int do_register_framebuffer(struct fb_info *fb_info)
 	fb_add_videomode(&mode, &fb_info->modelist);
 	registered_fb[i] = fb_info;
 
-	event.info = fb_info;
 	if (!lockless_register_fb)
 		console_lock();
 	else

@@ -1732,9 +1730,8 @@ static int do_register_framebuffer(struct fb_info *fb_info)
 		ret = -ENODEV;
 		goto unlock_console;
 	}
-	ret = 0;
 
-	fb_notifier_call_chain(FB_EVENT_FB_REGISTERED, &event);
+	ret = fbcon_fb_registered(fb_info);

What about backlight drivers? [1] Apparently these also use the
notifiers. [2] From my understanding, backlight drivers would stop
working with this change.

I just saw that backlight drivers only care about blanking and
unblanking. Never mind then.

Best regards
Thomas

Best regards
Thomas

[1]
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/drivers/video/backlight
[2]
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c#n40

quoted

 	unlock_fb_info(fb_info);
 unlock_console:
 	if (!lockless_register_fb)

@@ -1771,7 +1768,6 @@ static int __unlink_framebuffer(struct fb_info *fb_info);
 
 static int do_unregister_framebuffer(struct fb_info *fb_info)
 {
-	struct fb_event event;
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = unbind_console(fb_info);

@@ -1789,9 +1785,8 @@ static int do_unregister_framebuffer(struct fb_info *fb_info)
 	registered_fb[fb_info->node] = NULL;
 	num_registered_fb--;
 	fb_cleanup_device(fb_info);
-	event.info = fb_info;
 	console_lock();
-	fb_notifier_call_chain(FB_EVENT_FB_UNREGISTERED, &event);
+	fbcon_fb_unregistered(fb_info);
 	console_unlock();
 
 	/* this may free fb info */

diff --git a/include/linux/fb.h b/include/linux/fb.h
index f52ef0ad6781..701abaf79c87 100644
--- a/include/linux/fb.h
+++ b/include/linux/fb.h

@@ -136,10 +136,6 @@ struct fb_cursor_user {
 #define FB_EVENT_RESUME			0x03
 /*      An entry from the modelist was removed */
 #define FB_EVENT_MODE_DELETE            0x04
-/*      A driver registered itself */
-#define FB_EVENT_FB_REGISTERED          0x05
-/*      A driver unregistered itself */
-#define FB_EVENT_FB_UNREGISTERED        0x06
 /*      CONSOLE-SPECIFIC: get console to framebuffer mapping */
 #define FB_EVENT_GET_CONSOLE_MAP        0x07
 /*      CONSOLE-SPECIFIC: set console to framebuffer mapping */

diff --git a/include/linux/fbcon.h b/include/linux/fbcon.h
index f68a7db14165..94a71e9e1257 100644
--- a/include/linux/fbcon.h
+++ b/include/linux/fbcon.h

@@ -4,9 +4,13 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE
 void __init fb_console_init(void);
 void __exit fb_console_exit(void);
+int fbcon_fb_registered(struct fb_info *info);
+void fbcon_fb_unregistered(struct fb_info *info);
 #else
 static inline void fb_console_init(void) {}
 static inline void fb_console_exit(void) {}
+static inline int fbcon_fb_registered(struct fb_info *info) { return 0; }
+static inline void fbcon_fb_unregistered(struct fb_info *info) {}
 #endif
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_FBCON_H */

-- 
Thomas Zimmermann
Graphics Driver Developer
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