[PATCH 10/37] drm/display: bridge-connector: return int from drm_bridge_connector_init_hdmi_audio_cec()

From: Luca Ceresoli

Date: Tue May 19 2026 - 07:04:55 EST


This function returns a struct drm_bridge_connector * because this was the
case in the origin of its code. In current code it does not make sense
anymore: it can only return either the same pointer it received as input or
a negative ERR_PTR.

Simplify up error management by just returning an int (0 or negative
error).

No functional changes.

Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_bridge_connector.c | 17 ++++++++---------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_bridge_connector.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_bridge_connector.c
index e6306e98a167..6066ca0c5624 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_bridge_connector.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_bridge_connector.c
@@ -930,8 +930,7 @@ static int drm_bridge_connector_get_bridges(struct drm_bridge_connector *bridge_
return 0;
}

-static struct drm_bridge_connector *
-drm_bridge_connector_init_hdmi_audio_cec(struct drm_bridge_connector *bridge_connector)
+static int drm_bridge_connector_init_hdmi_audio_cec(struct drm_bridge_connector *bridge_connector)
{
int ret;

@@ -954,7 +953,7 @@ drm_bridge_connector_init_hdmi_audio_cec(struct drm_bridge_connector *bridge_con
bridge->hdmi_audio_spdif_playback,
bridge->hdmi_audio_dai_port);
if (ret)
- return ERR_PTR(ret);
+ return ret;
}

if (bridge_connector->bridge_hdmi_cec &&
@@ -965,7 +964,7 @@ drm_bridge_connector_init_hdmi_audio_cec(struct drm_bridge_connector *bridge_con
NULL,
bridge->hdmi_cec_dev);
if (ret)
- return ERR_PTR(ret);
+ return ret;
}

if (bridge_connector->bridge_hdmi_cec &&
@@ -978,10 +977,10 @@ drm_bridge_connector_init_hdmi_audio_cec(struct drm_bridge_connector *bridge_con
bridge->hdmi_cec_available_las,
bridge->hdmi_cec_dev);
if (ret)
- return ERR_PTR(ret);
+ return ret;
}

- return bridge_connector;
+ return 0;
}

/**
@@ -1051,9 +1050,9 @@ drm_bridge_connector_add_connector(struct drm_bridge_connector *bridge_connector
return ERR_PTR(ret);
}

- bridge_connector = drm_bridge_connector_init_hdmi_audio_cec(bridge_connector);
- if (IS_ERR(bridge_connector))
- return bridge_connector;
+ ret = drm_bridge_connector_init_hdmi_audio_cec(bridge_connector);
+ if (ret)
+ return ERR_PTR(ret);

drm_connector_helper_add(connector, &drm_bridge_connector_helper_funcs);


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