Re: [PATCH 17/37] drm/display: bridge-connector: protect dynconn creation and destruction with a mutex

From: Maxime Ripard

Date: Mon Jun 08 2026 - 07:51:41 EST


On Tue, May 19, 2026 at 12:37:34PM +0200, Luca Ceresoli wrote:
> Bridge hotplug will make the connector dynamically created and destroyed
> based on hotplug events.
>
> In preparation for that, add a mutex to mutually exclude connector creation
> and destruction.
>
> Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@xxxxxxxxxxx>

What is the source of concurrency, and what are you protecting against
exactly with that lock?

Maxime

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