[PATCH 6.6.y 1/2] drm/fbdev-helper: Set and clear VGA switcheroo client from fb_info

From: Wenshan Lan

Date: Thu May 28 2026 - 09:20:37 EST


From: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit 02257549daf7ff839e2be6d4f3cac975e522fd7a ]

Call vga_switcheroo_client_fb_set() with the PCI device from the
instance of struct fb_info. All fbdev clients now run these calls.
For non-PCI devices or drivers without vga-switcheroo, this does
nothing. For i915 and radeon, it allows these drivers to use a
common fbdev client.

The device is the same as the one stored in struct drm_client and
struct drm_fb_helper, so there is no difference in behavior. Some
NULL-pointer checks are being removed, where those pointers cannot
be NULL.

v4:
- clarify call semantics for drm_fb_helper_unregister_info() (Javier)

Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20240924071734.98201-3-tzimmermann@xxxxxxx
[ The variable 'dev' in the function drm_fb_helper_single_fb_probe() is
unused; remove it in v6.6. ]
Signed-off-by: Wenshan Lan <jetlan9@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c | 18 ++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
index b507c1c008a3..eee7b56d441f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_fb_helper_release_info);

/**
* drm_fb_helper_unregister_info - unregister fb_info framebuffer device
- * @fb_helper: driver-allocated fbdev helper, can be NULL
+ * @fb_helper: driver-allocated fbdev helper, must not be NULL
*
* A wrapper around unregister_framebuffer, to release the fb_info
* framebuffer device. This must be called before releasing all resources for
@@ -575,8 +575,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_fb_helper_release_info);
*/
void drm_fb_helper_unregister_info(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper)
{
- if (fb_helper && fb_helper->info)
- unregister_framebuffer(fb_helper->info);
+ struct fb_info *info = fb_helper->info;
+ struct device *dev = info->device;
+
+ if (dev_is_pci(dev))
+ vga_switcheroo_client_fb_set(to_pci_dev(dev), NULL);
+ unregister_framebuffer(fb_helper->info);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_fb_helper_unregister_info);

@@ -1668,8 +1672,8 @@ static int drm_fb_helper_find_sizes(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper,
static int drm_fb_helper_single_fb_probe(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper)
{
struct drm_client_dev *client = &fb_helper->client;
- struct drm_device *dev = fb_helper->dev;
struct drm_fb_helper_surface_size sizes;
+ struct fb_info *info;
int ret;

ret = drm_fb_helper_find_sizes(fb_helper, &sizes);
@@ -1687,9 +1691,11 @@ static int drm_fb_helper_single_fb_probe(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper)

strcpy(fb_helper->fb->comm, "[fbcon]");

+ info = fb_helper->info;
+
/* Set the fb info for vgaswitcheroo clients. Does nothing otherwise. */
- if (dev_is_pci(dev->dev))
- vga_switcheroo_client_fb_set(to_pci_dev(dev->dev), fb_helper->info);
+ if (dev_is_pci(info->device))
+ vga_switcheroo_client_fb_set(to_pci_dev(info->device), info);

return 0;
}
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