[PATCH v3 22/22] drm/todo: add entry to remove devm_drm_put_bridge()

Luca Ceresoli luca.ceresoli at bootlin.com
Fri May 9 06:53:48 PDT 2025


devm_drm_put_bridge() is a temporary workaround waiting for the panel
bridge lifetime rework. Add a TODO entry to not forget it must be removed
after such rework.

Suggested-by: Maxime Ripard <mripard at kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli at bootlin.com>

---

To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet at lwn.net>
Cc: linux-doc at vger.kernel.org

This patch was added in v3
---
 Documentation/gpu/todo.rst | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst
index c57777a24e03d91b1ffe04365f7356f2d938befd..be8637da3fe950ddcb65cdcf626bc4b4e6b0fa26 100644
--- a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst
+++ b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst
@@ -515,6 +515,21 @@ Contact: Douglas Anderson <dianders at chromium.org>
 
 Level: Starter
 
+Remove devm_drm_put_bridge()
+----------------------------
+
+Due to how the panel bridge handles the drm_bridge object lifetime, special
+care must be taken to dispose of the drm_bridge object when the
+panel_bridge is removed. This is currently managed using
+devm_drm_put_bridge(), but that is an unsafe, temporary workaround. To fix
+that, the DRM panel lifetime needs to be reworked. After the rework is
+done, remove devm_drm_put_bridge() and the TODO in
+drm_panel_bridge_remove().
+
+Contact: Maxime Ripard <mripard at kernel.org>,
+         Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli at bootlin.com>
+
+Level: Intermediate
 
 Core refactorings
 =================

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2.49.0




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