[PATCH v5] drm/bridge: imx8qxp-pixel-link: get/put the next bridge
Luca Ceresoli
luca.ceresoli at bootlin.com
Tue Feb 3 02:35:25 PST 2026
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.
To keep the code as simple and reliable as possible, get a reference for
each pointer that stores a drm_bridge address when it is stored and release
it when the pointer is overwritten or goes out of scope. Also remove the
intermediate selected_bridge variable to reduce the refcounted variables in
the function. The involved pointers are:
* next_bridge loop-local variable:
- get reference by of_drm_find_and_get_bridge()
- put reference at the end of the loop iteration (__free)
* pl->bridge.next_bridge, tied to struct imx8qxp_pixel_link lifetime:
- get reference when assigned (by copy from next_bridge)
- put reference before reassignment if reassignment happens
- put reference when the struct imx8qxp_pixel_link embedding the
struct drm_bridge is destroyed (struct drm_bridge::next_bridge)
Additionally, split the somewhat complex if() for readability.
Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli at bootlin.com>
---
Changes in v5:
- rewrite commit message after Liu's review to clarify the per-pointer
get/put idea
- split the if()s involved in selcting the bridge
- remove intermediate selected_bridge pointer
- removed Maxime's R-by, patch changed
---
drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/imx8qxp-pixel-link.c | 17 ++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 10 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..e29e099b893a 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 +259,6 @@ 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;
u32 port_id;
bool found_port = false;
int reg;
@@ -297,7 +295,8 @@ 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 +304,16 @@ 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 (!pl->bridge.next_bridge)
+ pl->bridge.next_bridge = drm_bridge_get(next_bridge);
+
+ if (of_property_present(remote, "fsl,companion-pxl2dpi")) {
+ drm_bridge_put(pl->bridge.next_bridge);
+ pl->bridge.next_bridge = drm_bridge_get(next_bridge);
+ }
}
pl->mst_addr = port_id - 1;
- pl->next_bridge = selected_bridge;
return 0;
}
--
2.52.0
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