[PATCH] drm/panel-edp: take i2c adapter module reference

From: Johan Hovold

Date: Thu Jul 16 2026 - 09:27:30 EST


The i2c subsystem currently blocks during adapter deregistration
whenever there are consumers holding a reference.

Switch to using of_get_i2c_adapter_by_node() which also takes a
reference to the adapter module so that an attempt to unload the module
while in use fails gracefully instead of blocking uninterruptibly.

Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-edp.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-edp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-edp.c
index aa27d6cd932e..1606b50513d1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-edp.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-edp.c
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ static int panel_edp_probe(struct device *dev, const struct panel_desc *desc,

ddc = of_parse_phandle(dev->of_node, "ddc-i2c-bus", 0);
if (ddc) {
- panel->ddc = of_find_i2c_adapter_by_node(ddc);
+ panel->ddc = of_get_i2c_adapter_by_node(ddc);
of_node_put(ddc);

if (!panel->ddc)
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ static int panel_edp_probe(struct device *dev, const struct panel_desc *desc,
pm_runtime_disable(dev);
err_finished_ddc_init:
if (panel->ddc && (!panel->aux || panel->ddc != &panel->aux->ddc))
- put_device(&panel->ddc->dev);
+ i2c_put_adapter(panel->ddc);

return err;
}
@@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ static void panel_edp_remove(struct device *dev)
pm_runtime_dont_use_autosuspend(dev);
pm_runtime_disable(dev);
if (panel->ddc && (!panel->aux || panel->ddc != &panel->aux->ddc))
- put_device(&panel->ddc->dev);
+ i2c_put_adapter(panel->ddc);

drm_edid_free(panel->drm_edid);
panel->drm_edid = NULL;
--
2.54.0