On Thu, May 7, 2026 at 4:57 PM Maxime Ripard <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > On Thu, May 07, 2026 at 01:53:08PM +0200, Albert Esteve wrote: > > Now that all panel drivers use devm_drm_panel_alloc(), > > there are no external callers of drm_panel_init(). > > Make it static to prevent new users from bypassing the > > refcounted allocation path. > > > > Remove stale references to drm_panel_init() in kdocs. > > > > Signed-off-by: Albert Esteve <[email protected]> > > --- > > drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_dp_helper.c | 2 +- > > drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panel.c | 8 ++++---- > > include/drm/drm_panel.h | 4 ---- > > 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_dp_helper.c > > b/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_dp_helper.c > > index a697cc227e289..380ebf0fad2be 100644 > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_dp_helper.c > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_dp_helper.c > > @@ -4626,7 +4626,7 @@ static const struct backlight_ops dp_aux_bl_ops = { > > * Backlight will then be handled transparently without requiring > > * any intervention from the driver. > > * > > - * drm_panel_dp_aux_backlight() must be called after the call to > > drm_panel_init(). > > + * drm_panel_dp_aux_backlight() must be called after > > devm_drm_panel_alloc(). > > * > > * Return: 0 on success or a negative error code on failure. > > */ > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panel.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panel.c > > index d1e6598ea3bc0..e3e1c5ceb8ff8 100644 > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panel.c > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panel.c > > @@ -56,8 +56,9 @@ static LIST_HEAD(panel_list); > > * Initialize the panel structure for subsequent registration with > > * drm_panel_add(). > > */ > > -void drm_panel_init(struct drm_panel *panel, struct device *dev, > > - const struct drm_panel_funcs *funcs, int connector_type) > > +static void drm_panel_init(struct drm_panel *panel, struct device *dev, > > + const struct drm_panel_funcs *funcs, > > + int connector_type) > > { > > if (connector_type == DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_Unknown) > > DRM_WARN("%s: %s: a valid connector type is required!\n", > > __func__, dev_name(dev)); > > @@ -69,7 +70,6 @@ void drm_panel_init(struct drm_panel *panel, struct > > device *dev, > > panel->funcs = funcs; > > panel->connector_type = connector_type; > > } > > -EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_panel_init); > > > > /** > > * drm_panel_add - add a panel to the global registry > > @@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(devm_drm_panel_add_follower); > > * A typical implementation for a panel driver supporting device tree > > * will call this function at probe time. Backlight will then be handled > > * transparently without requiring any intervention from the driver. > > - * drm_panel_of_backlight() must be called after the call to > > drm_panel_init(). > > + * drm_panel_of_backlight() must be called after devm_drm_panel_alloc(). > > I think we can drop that sentence entirely. Now that we can only get a > panel structure through devm_drm_panel_alloc, and that it also > initializes it, we can't call drm_panel_of_backlight before having an > initialized drm_panel.
Makes sense, I will remove the sentence and send a v2. It probably follows the same reasoning, but just to ensure you did not miss it: does that apply to drm_panel_dp_aux_backlight() above too? > > Maxime
