[PATCH v5 15/19] drm/connector: Add new atomic_create_state callback
Thomas Zimmermann
tzimmermann at suse.de
Tue May 26 02:28:17 PDT 2026
Am 19.05.26 um 11:01 schrieb Maxime Ripard:
> Commit 47b5ac7daa46 ("drm/atomic: Add new atomic_create_state callback
> to drm_private_obj") introduced a new pattern for allocating drm object
> states.
>
> Instead of relying on the reset() callback, it created a new
> atomic_create_state hook. This is helpful because reset is a bit
> overloaded: it's used to create the initial software state, reset it,
> but also reset the hardware.
>
> It can also be used either at probe time, to create the initial state
> and possibly reset the hardware to an expected default, but also during
> suspend/resume.
>
> Both these cases come with different expectations too: during the
> initialization, we want to initialize all states, but during
> suspend/resume, drm_private_states for example are expected to be kept
> around.
>
> reset() also isn't fallible, which makes it harder to handle
> initialization errors properly. This is only really relevant for some
> drivers though, since all the helpers for reset only create a new
> state, and don't touch the hardware at all.
>
> It was thus decided to create a new hook that would allocate and
> initialize a pristine state without any side effect:
> atomic_create_state to untangle a bit some of it, and to separate the
> initialization with the actual reset one might need during a
> suspend/resume.
>
> Continue the transition to the new pattern with connectors.
>
> Reviewed-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov at oss.qualcomm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart+renesas at ideasonboard.com>
> Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <mripard at kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann at suse.de>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_state_helper.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c | 10 +++++++++-
> drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mode_config.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> include/drm/drm_atomic_state_helper.h | 2 ++
> include/drm/drm_connector.h | 16 ++++++++++++++++
> 5 files changed, 83 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_state_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_state_helper.c
> index e2e5a1b8a820..07686e94aae0 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_state_helper.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_state_helper.c
> @@ -532,10 +532,36 @@ void drm_atomic_helper_connector_reset(struct drm_connector *connector)
> kfree(connector->state);
> __drm_atomic_helper_connector_reset(connector, conn_state);
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_atomic_helper_connector_reset);
>
> +/**
> + * drm_atomic_helper_connector_create_state - default &drm_connector_funcs.atomic_create_state hook for connectors
> + * @connector: connector object
> + *
> + * Allocates and initializes pristine @drm_connector_state.
> + *
> + * This is useful for drivers that don't subclass @drm_connector_state.
> + *
> + * RETURNS:
> + * Pointer to new connector state, or ERR_PTR on failure.
> + */
> +struct drm_connector_state *
> +drm_atomic_helper_connector_create_state(struct drm_connector *connector)
> +{
> + struct drm_connector_state *state;
> +
> + state = kzalloc_obj(*state);
> + if (!state)
> + return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> +
> + __drm_atomic_helper_connector_state_init(state, connector);
> +
> + return state;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_atomic_helper_connector_create_state);
> +
> /**
> * drm_atomic_helper_connector_tv_margins_reset - Resets TV connector properties
> * @connector: DRM connector
> *
> * Resets the TV-related properties attached to a connector.
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c
> index 3fa4d2082cd7..a0b132c658a1 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c
> @@ -616,11 +616,19 @@ int drmm_connector_hdmi_init(struct drm_device *dev,
>
> /*
> * drm_connector_attach_max_bpc_property() requires the
> * connector to have a state.
> */
> - if (connector->funcs->reset)
> + if (connector->funcs->atomic_create_state) {
> + struct drm_connector_state *state;
> +
> + state = connector->funcs->atomic_create_state(connector);
> + if (IS_ERR(state))
> + return PTR_ERR(state);
> +
> + connector->state = state;
> + } else if (connector->funcs->reset)
> connector->funcs->reset(connector);
>
> drm_connector_attach_max_bpc_property(connector, 8, max_bpc);
> connector->max_bpc = max_bpc;
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mode_config.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mode_config.c
> index 2e2cd18a14b4..9d240817f8b6 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mode_config.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mode_config.c
> @@ -235,10 +235,36 @@ static int drm_mode_config_crtc_reset_with_create_state(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
> }
>
> return drm_mode_config_crtc_create_state(crtc);
> }
>
> +static int drm_mode_config_connector_create_state(struct drm_connector *connector)
> +{
> + struct drm_connector_state *conn_state;
> +
> + if (!connector->funcs->atomic_create_state)
> + return 0;
> +
> + conn_state = connector->funcs->atomic_create_state(connector);
> + if (IS_ERR(conn_state))
> + return PTR_ERR(conn_state);
> +
> + connector->state = conn_state;
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int drm_mode_config_connector_reset_with_create_state(struct drm_connector *connector)
> +{
> + if (connector->state) {
> + connector->funcs->atomic_destroy_state(connector, connector->state);
> + connector->state = NULL;
> + }
> +
> + return drm_mode_config_connector_create_state(connector);
> +}
> +
> /**
> * drm_mode_config_reset - call ->reset callbacks
> * @dev: drm device
> *
> * This functions calls all the crtc's, encoder's and connector's ->reset
> @@ -278,13 +304,16 @@ void drm_mode_config_reset(struct drm_device *dev)
> drm_for_each_encoder(encoder, dev)
> if (encoder->funcs && encoder->funcs->reset)
> encoder->funcs->reset(encoder);
>
> drm_connector_list_iter_begin(dev, &conn_iter);
> - drm_for_each_connector_iter(connector, &conn_iter)
> + drm_for_each_connector_iter(connector, &conn_iter) {
> if (connector->funcs->reset)
> connector->funcs->reset(connector);
> + else if (connector->funcs->atomic_create_state)
> + drm_mode_config_connector_reset_with_create_state(connector);
> + }
> drm_connector_list_iter_end(&conn_iter);
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_mode_config_reset);
>
> /*
> diff --git a/include/drm/drm_atomic_state_helper.h b/include/drm/drm_atomic_state_helper.h
> index 9634a70e0401..f4b6d8833bc2 100644
> --- a/include/drm/drm_atomic_state_helper.h
> +++ b/include/drm/drm_atomic_state_helper.h
> @@ -73,10 +73,12 @@ void drm_atomic_helper_plane_destroy_state(struct drm_plane *plane,
> void __drm_atomic_helper_connector_state_init(struct drm_connector_state *conn_state,
> struct drm_connector *connector);
> void __drm_atomic_helper_connector_reset(struct drm_connector *connector,
> struct drm_connector_state *conn_state);
> void drm_atomic_helper_connector_reset(struct drm_connector *connector);
> +struct drm_connector_state *
> +drm_atomic_helper_connector_create_state(struct drm_connector *connector);
> void drm_atomic_helper_connector_tv_reset(struct drm_connector *connector);
> int drm_atomic_helper_connector_tv_check(struct drm_connector *connector,
> struct drm_atomic_commit *state);
> void drm_atomic_helper_connector_tv_margins_reset(struct drm_connector *connector);
> void
> diff --git a/include/drm/drm_connector.h b/include/drm/drm_connector.h
> index 5ad62c207d00..529755c2e862 100644
> --- a/include/drm/drm_connector.h
> +++ b/include/drm/drm_connector.h
> @@ -1569,10 +1569,26 @@ struct drm_connector_funcs {
> * when a connector is being hot-unplugged for drivers that support
> * connector hotplugging (e.g. DisplayPort MST).
> */
> void (*destroy)(struct drm_connector *connector);
>
> + /**
> + * @atomic_create_state:
> + *
> + * Allocate a pristine, initialized, state for the connector
> + * object and return it. This callback must have no side
> + * effects: in particular, the returned state must not be
> + * assigned to the object's state pointer and it must not affect
> + * the hardware state.
> + *
> + * RETURNS:
> + *
> + * A new, pristine, connector state instance or an error pointer
> + * on failure.
> + */
> + struct drm_connector_state *(*atomic_create_state)(struct drm_connector *connector);
> +
> /**
> * @atomic_duplicate_state:
> *
> * Duplicate the current atomic state for this connector and return it.
> * The core and helpers guarantee that any atomic state duplicated with
>
--
--
Thomas Zimmermann
Graphics Driver Developer
SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH
Frankenstr. 146, 90461 Nürnberg, Germany, www.suse.com
GF: Jochen Jaser, Andrew McDonald, Werner Knoblich, (HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg)
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