Re: [PATCH 10/10] drm/panel: Make drm_panel_init() static

[Maxime Ripard]

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 <aesteve@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  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.

Maxime

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