[PATCH] drm/virtio: inline drm_simple_encoder_init()
From: Melih Emik
Date: Sun Oct 18 2026 - 07:29:29 EST
The helper drm_simple_encoder_init() is deprecated because it adds an
unnecessary intermediate layer between atomic modesetting and DRM drivers,
as documented in Documentation/gpu/todo.rst.
Inline the functionality by calling drm_encoder_init() directly with a
local instance of struct drm_encoder_funcs. This allows removing the
dependency on <drm/drm_simple_kms_helper.h> in favor of
<drm/drm_encoder.h>.
Signed-off-by: Melih Emik <melihemik@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Tested:
- Compiled with W=1 on x86_64 with zero warnings or errors.
- Verified with lockdep and debug mutexes enabled
(CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING=y, CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES=y).
- Boot-tested full bzImage in QEMU with -device virtio-gpu-pci and
initcall_debug, confirming successful probe and initialization
(probe of virtio0 with driver virtio_gpu returned 0) and zero
lockdep/kernel warnings.
- Verified with scripts/checkpatch.pl (0 errors, 0 warnings).
drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_display.c | 11 +++++++++--
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_display.c
index a1a875a0c706..1bdbf452d111 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_display.c
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@
#include <drm/drm_atomic_helper.h>
#include <drm/drm_damage_helper.h>
#include <drm/drm_edid.h>
+#include <drm/drm_encoder.h>
#include <drm/drm_fourcc.h>
#include <drm/drm_gem_framebuffer_helper.h>
#include <drm/drm_print.h>
#include <drm/drm_probe_helper.h>
-#include <drm/drm_simple_kms_helper.h>
#include <drm/drm_vblank.h>
#include <drm/drm_vblank_helper.h>
@@ -232,6 +232,10 @@ static enum drm_mode_status virtio_gpu_conn_mode_valid(struct drm_connector *con
return MODE_BAD;
}
+static const struct drm_encoder_funcs virtio_gpu_encoder_funcs = {
+ .destroy = drm_encoder_cleanup,
+};
+
static const struct drm_encoder_helper_funcs virtio_gpu_enc_helper_funcs = {
.mode_set = virtio_gpu_enc_mode_set,
.enable = virtio_gpu_enc_enable,
@@ -306,7 +310,10 @@ static int vgdev_output_init(struct virtio_gpu_device *vgdev, int index)
if (vgdev->has_edid)
drm_connector_attach_edid_property(connector);
- drm_simple_encoder_init(dev, encoder, DRM_MODE_ENCODER_VIRTUAL);
+ ret = drm_encoder_init(dev, encoder, &virtio_gpu_encoder_funcs,
+ DRM_MODE_ENCODER_VIRTUAL, NULL);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
drm_encoder_helper_add(encoder, &virtio_gpu_enc_helper_funcs);
encoder->possible_crtcs = 1 << index;
--
2.56.0