[PATCH v2 06/15] drm/virtio: remove dependency on DRM simple helpers
From: Diogo Silva
Date: Mon Jul 20 2026 - 11:50:32 EST
The simple KMS helpers are deprecated because they only add an
intermediate layer between drivers and atomic modesetting.
Open-code drm_simple_encoder_init() by calling drm_encoder_init()
directly and providing driver-local drm_encoder_funcs.
Also check the return value from drm_encoder_init() to avoid silent
failures.
Signed-off-by: Diogo Silva <diogompaissilva@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_display.c | 12 ++++++++++--
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_display.c
index 44ffffec550f..67023d91d40b 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_enc_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 +310,11 @@ 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_enc_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;
--
2.54.0