[PATCH v2 08/11] drm/bridge: adv7511: switch to of_drm_get_bridge_by_endpoint()

Biju Das biju.das.jz at bp.renesas.com
Tue Apr 28 04:49:38 PDT 2026


Hi,

Thanks for the patch.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dri-devel <dri-devel-bounces at lists.freedesktop.org> On Behalf Of Luca Ceresoli
> Sent: 28 April 2026 10:16
> Subject: [PATCH v2 08/11] drm/bridge: adv7511: switch to of_drm_get_bridge_by_endpoint()
> 
> This driver calls drm_of_find_panel_or_bridge() with a NULL pointer in the @panel parameter, thus using
> a reduced feature set of that function.
> Replace this call with the simpler of_drm_get_bridge_by_endpoint().
> 
> Since of_drm_get_bridge_by_endpoint() increases the refcount of the returned bridge, ensure it is put
> on removal. To achieve this, instead of adding an explicit drm_bridge_put(), migrate to the
> bridge::next_bridge pointer which is automatically put when the bridge is eventually freed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli at bootlin.com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/adv7511/adv7511.h     |  1 -
>  drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/adv7511/adv7511_drv.c | 11 +++++------
>  2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/adv7511/adv7511.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/adv7511/adv7511.h
> index 8be7266fd4f4..12c95198d9a4 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/adv7511/adv7511.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/adv7511/adv7511.h
> @@ -354,7 +354,6 @@ struct adv7511 {
>  	enum drm_connector_status status;
>  	bool powered;
> 
> -	struct drm_bridge *next_bridge;
>  	struct drm_display_mode curr_mode;
> 
>  	unsigned int f_tmds;
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/adv7511/adv7511_drv.c
> b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/adv7511/adv7511_drv.c
> index 6bd76c1fb007..498e38579a0f 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/adv7511/adv7511_drv.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/adv7511/adv7511_drv.c
> @@ -851,8 +851,8 @@ static int adv7511_bridge_attach(struct drm_bridge *bridge,
>  	struct adv7511 *adv = bridge_to_adv7511(bridge);
>  	int ret = 0;
> 
> -	if (adv->next_bridge) {
> -		ret = drm_bridge_attach(encoder, adv->next_bridge, bridge,
> +	if (adv->bridge.next_bridge) {
> +		ret = drm_bridge_attach(encoder, adv->bridge.next_bridge, bridge,
>  					flags | DRM_BRIDGE_ATTACH_NO_CONNECTOR);
>  		if (ret)
>  			return ret;
> @@ -1251,10 +1251,9 @@ static int adv7511_probe(struct i2c_client *i2c)
> 
>  	memset(&link_config, 0, sizeof(link_config));
> 
> -	ret = drm_of_find_panel_or_bridge(dev->of_node, 1, -1, NULL,
> -					  &adv7511->next_bridge);
> -	if (ret && ret != -ENODEV)
> -		return ret;
> +	adv7511->bridge.next_bridge = of_drm_get_bridge_by_endpoint(dev->of_node, 1, -1);
> +	if (IS_ERR(adv7511->bridge.next_bridge) && PTR_ERR(adv7511->bridge.next_bridge) != -ENODEV)
> +		return PTR_ERR(adv7511->bridge.next_bridge);

Does it crash, if the error is  -EPROBE_DEFER?

Cheers,
Biju



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