Re: [PATCH 04/10] drm/panel/lxd-m9189a: Use refcounted allocation in place of devm_kzalloc()
From: Neil Armstrong
Date: Thu May 07 2026 - 11:37:57 EST
On 5/7/26 13:53, Albert Esteve wrote:
Move to using the new API devm_drm_panel_alloc() to allocate the
panel. In the call to the new API, avoid using explicit type and use
__typeof() for more type safety.
Signed-off-by: Albert Esteve <aesteve@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-lxd-m9189a.c | 11 ++++++-----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-lxd-m9189a.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-lxd-m9189a.c
index 68019e1e43a96..baaf170779e03 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-lxd-m9189a.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-lxd-m9189a.c
@@ -165,9 +165,12 @@ static int lxd_m9189_probe(struct mipi_dsi_device *dsi)
struct m9189_panel *m9189;
int ret;
- m9189 = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*m9189), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!m9189)
- return -ENOMEM;
+ m9189 = devm_drm_panel_alloc(dev, __typeof(*m9189), panel,
+ &m9189_panel_funcs,
+ DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_DSI);
+
+ if (IS_ERR(m9189))
+ return PTR_ERR(m9189);
m9189->supply = devm_regulator_get(dev, "power");
if (IS_ERR(m9189->supply))
@@ -191,8 +194,6 @@ static int lxd_m9189_probe(struct mipi_dsi_device *dsi)
dsi->format = MIPI_DSI_FMT_RGB888;
dsi->mode_flags = MIPI_DSI_MODE_VIDEO | MIPI_DSI_MODE_VIDEO_BURST;
- drm_panel_init(&m9189->panel, dev, &m9189_panel_funcs,
- DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_DSI);
m9189->panel.prepare_prev_first = true;
ret = drm_panel_of_backlight(&m9189->panel);
Reviewed-by: Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@xxxxxxxxxx>
Thanks,
Neil