[PATCH v3 0/8] drm: replace simple display pipe users with atomic helpers

[Thomas Zimmermann]

Hi

Am 26.07.26 um 21:45 schrieb Ze Huang:
> struct drm_simple_display_pipe was meant to simplify simple DRM
> drivers, but instead adds an extra wrapper around normal DRM atomic
> helper setup. As noted in Documentation/gpu/todo.rst, remaining users
> should be converted to regular atomic helpers and stop depending on the
> simple-KMS interfaces.
>
> This series converts the following drivers:
>
>    - arcpgu
>    - aspeed
>    - mcde
>    - repaper
>    - tve200
>    - xen frontend

For these drivers:

Reviewed-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann at suse.de>

I've taken the rest of the series into drm-misc-next. We had 2 drivers 
tested and the others are variants of the same.

Best regards
Thomas


>
> Each patch replaces drm_simple_display_pipe_init() with explicit
> primary plane, CRTC and encoder setup, and moves the old simple-pipe
> callbacks into regular plane and CRTC helper callbacks named according
> to local driver conventions.
>
> The conversions preserve helper behavior that used to be implicit in
> drm_simple_kms_helper.c, including plane-state validation, CRTC
> primary-plane checks, affected-plane propagation, framebuffer prepare
> handling, and existing event/vblank flow where applicable.
>
> Result is less helper indirection and more explicit driver-side atomic
> wiring, with no remaining simple-KMS dependency in these drivers.
>
> Except for gm12u320, no hardware testing was performed.
>
> This series is based on drm-next-2026-06-27.
>
> AI usage disclosure:
> - I wrote the first two commits myself. The remaining patches were completed
>    with assistance from AI tools.
> - AI tools were also used to review the code and suggest code changes for
>    the DRM atomic conversion.
>
> Thanks,
> Ze Huang
>
> Signed-off-by: Ze Huang <ze.huang at oss.qualcomm.com>
> ---
> Changes in v3:
> - Use atomic state from the commit path consistently in converted helpers:
>    fetch new CRTC/plane state from the commit in enable/update/flush paths, and
>    use drm_atomic_get_crtc_state() with PTR_ERR() handling in plane atomic_check
>    hooks before drm_atomic_helper_check_plane_state().
> - Move MCDE one-shot flow start from plane atomic_update() to CRTC
>    atomic_flush(), after pending vblank event handling.
> - Fix repaper damage update path to skip updates unless CRTC is active.
> - Fix arcpgu missing remote encoder node handling and lock CRTC state access in
>    debugfs.
> - Make container helpers static inline.
> - Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260716-drm-simple-kms-removal-v2-0-1133a8fc3785@oss.qualcomm.com
>
> Changes in v2:
> - common changes:
> - create upcast helpers
> - use 'commit' as name of struct drm_atomic_commit in atomic helpers
> - improve control flow in *_crtc_helper_atomic_check() and
>    *_plane_helper_atomic_check()
> - Moved page-flip/vblank event handling out of plane update paths and into
>    CRTC atomic_flush(), using atomic_flush and disable paths for mcde,
>    pl111 and tve200
> - arcpgu:
>      - remove reduntant mod_supported helper
>      - change obsolete mode field to crtc->state->mode
> - mcde:
>      - drop attach of unused encoder
> - tve200:
>      - reorder connector/bridge attach
> - xen:
>      - change possible_crtcs mask to 0
> - Link to v1: https://patch.msgid.link/20260705-drm-simple-kms-removal-v1-0-b4e1ca053623@oss.qualcomm.com
>
> ---
> Ze Huang (8):
>        drm/arcpgu: replace struct drm_simple_display_pipe with regular atomic helpers
>        drm/aspeed: replace struct drm_simple_display_pipe with regular atomic helpers
>        drm/mcde: replace struct drm_simple_display_pipe with regular atomic helpers
>        drm/pl111: replace struct drm_simple_display_pipe with regular atomic helpers
>        drm/gm12u320: replace struct drm_simple_display_pipe with regular atomic helpers
>        drm/repaper: replace struct drm_simple_display_pipe with regular atomic helpers
>        drm/tve200: replace struct drm_simple_display_pipe with regular atomic helpers
>        drm/xen: replace struct drm_simple_display_pipe with regular atomic helpers
>
>   drivers/gpu/drm/aspeed/aspeed_gfx.h      |  11 +-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/aspeed/aspeed_gfx_crtc.c | 203 ++++++++++++++++++-------
>   drivers/gpu/drm/aspeed/aspeed_gfx_drv.c  |   3 +-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_display.c      | 248 ++++++++++++++++++++-----------
>   drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_drm.h          |  12 +-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_drv.c          |   3 +-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/pl111/pl111_display.c    | 199 ++++++++++++++++++-------
>   drivers/gpu/drm/pl111/pl111_drm.h        |   5 +-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/pl111/pl111_drv.c        |   3 +-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/arcpgu.c            | 201 +++++++++++++++++++------
>   drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/gm12u320.c          | 138 +++++++++++++----
>   drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/repaper.c           | 138 +++++++++++++----
>   drivers/gpu/drm/tve200/tve200_display.c  | 219 ++++++++++++++++++---------
>   drivers/gpu/drm/tve200/tve200_drm.h      |   6 +-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/tve200/tve200_drv.c      |  12 +-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/xen/xen_drm_front.h      |   6 +-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/xen/xen_drm_front_kms.c  | 188 ++++++++++++++++-------
>   17 files changed, 1155 insertions(+), 440 deletions(-)
> ---
> base-commit: 3696d07837d1df13a5603d77f667685e7dfb3c53
> change-id: 20260704-drm-simple-kms-removal-01a031c6a129
>
> Best regards,

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