On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 11:32 AM Maxime Ripard <mrip...@kernel.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2025 at 01:24:11PM -0400, Anusha Srivatsa wrote: > > Start moving to the new refcounted allocations using > > the new API devm_drm_panel_alloc(). Deprecate any other > > allocation. > > > > Signed-off-by: Anusha Srivatsa <asriv...@redhat.com> > > --- > > drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panel.c | 6 ++++-- > > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panel.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panel.c > > index > 11a0415bc61f59190ef5eb378d1583c493265e6a..5793011f4938a2d4fb9d84a700817bda317af305 > 100644 > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panel.c > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panel.c > > @@ -74,8 +74,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_panel_init); > > * drm_panel_add - add a panel to the global registry > > * @panel: panel to add > > * > > - * Add a panel to the global registry so that it can be looked up by > display > > - * drivers. > > + * Add a panel to the global registry so that it can be looked > > + * up by display drivers. The panel to be added must have been > > + * allocated by devm_drm_panel_alloc(). Old-style allocation by > > + * kzalloc(), devm_kzalloc() and similar is deprecated. > > It's not that it's deprecated, it's that it's unsafe. Since you already > said that the allocation must be done through devm_drm_panel_alloc(), > there's not much use to mention the old style stuff, I'd just drop the > last sentence. > > Alrighty. Thanks, Anusha > Maxime >
