Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] drm: bridge: document bridge attach/detach imbalance

[Andrzej Hajda]

On 06.08.2018 08:19, Peter Rosin wrote:
> Since 4a878c03d562 ("drm: bridge: Detach bridge from encoder at encoder
> cleanup time"), it is generally no longer correct to detach bridges from
> encoders manually. Document that.
>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Rosin <peda@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c
> index 1638bfe9627c..ba7025041e46 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c
> @@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_bridge_remove);
>   * If non-NULL the previous bridge must be already attached by a call to this
>   * function.
>   *
> + * Note that bridges attached to encoders are auto-detached during encoder
> + * cleanup in drm_encoder_cleanup(), so drm_bridge_attach() should generally
> + * *not* be balanced with a drm_bridge_detach() in driver code.
> + *
>   * RETURNS:
>   * Zero on success, error code on failure
>   */

Pushed to drm-misc-next.

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Regards
Andrzej