Re: [PATCH 10/10] drm: of: forbid bridge-only calls to drm_of_find_panel_or_bridge()

[Dmitry Baryshkov]

On Mon, Apr 13, 2026 at 03:58:42PM +0200, Luca Ceresoli wrote:
> Up to now drm_of_find_panel_or_bridge() can be called with a bridge pointer
> only, a panel pointer only, or both a bridge and a panel pointers. The
> logic to handle all the three cases is somewhat complex to read however.
> 
> Now all bridge-only callers have been converted to
> of_drm_get_bridge_by_endpoint(), which is simpler and handles bridge
> refcounting. So forbid new bridge-only users by mandating a non-NULL panel
> pointer in the docs and in the sanity checks along with a warning.

Are there remaining users which still use either the bridge or the
panel? Would it be possible / better to drop the two-arg version?

> 
> Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_of.c | 26 ++++++++++++--------------
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> 

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With best wishes
Dmitry