[PATCH 10/11] drm/bridge: fsl-ldb: don't create a panel_bridge

From: Luca Ceresoli

Date: Fri Aug 14 2026 - 10:09:36 EST


Now a panel_bridge is automatically created for every drm_panel, so this
code, looking only for a panel and unconditionally creating a panel_bridge
for it, would lead to creating a second panel_bridge for the same panel.

Fix and simplify the code by just getting a reference to the
already-existing bridge from of_drm_find_and_get_bridge().

And since of_drm_find_and_get_bridge() returns a refcounted bridge, take
care of putting the bridge reference by using bridge->next_bridge.

Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/fsl-ldb.c | 18 +++++-------------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/fsl-ldb.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/fsl-ldb.c
index 26cc72948f31..c289139b9273 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/fsl-ldb.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/fsl-ldb.c
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ static const struct fsl_ldb_devdata fsl_ldb_devdata[] = {
struct fsl_ldb {
struct device *dev;
struct drm_bridge bridge;
- struct drm_bridge *panel_bridge;
struct clk *clk;
struct regmap *regmap;
const struct fsl_ldb_devdata *devdata;
@@ -119,7 +118,7 @@ static int fsl_ldb_attach(struct drm_bridge *bridge,
{
struct fsl_ldb *fsl_ldb = to_fsl_ldb(bridge);

- return drm_bridge_attach(encoder, fsl_ldb->panel_bridge,
+ return drm_bridge_attach(encoder, fsl_ldb->bridge.next_bridge,
bridge, flags);
}

@@ -298,7 +297,6 @@ static int fsl_ldb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
struct device_node *panel_node;
struct device_node *remote1, *remote2;
- struct drm_panel *panel;
struct fsl_ldb *fsl_ldb;
int dual_link;

@@ -339,19 +337,13 @@ static int fsl_ldb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
fsl_ldb_is_dual(fsl_ldb) ? "dual-link mode" :
fsl_ldb->ch0_enabled ? "channel 0" : "channel 1");

- panel = of_drm_find_panel(panel_node);
- of_node_put(panel_node);
- if (IS_ERR(panel))
- return PTR_ERR(panel);
-
if (of_property_present(dev->of_node, "nxp,enable-termination-resistor"))
fsl_ldb->use_termination_resistor = true;

- fsl_ldb->panel_bridge = devm_drm_panel_bridge_add(dev, panel);
- drm_panel_put(panel);
- if (IS_ERR(fsl_ldb->panel_bridge))
- return PTR_ERR(fsl_ldb->panel_bridge);
-
+ fsl_ldb->bridge.next_bridge = of_drm_find_and_get_bridge(panel_node);
+ of_node_put(panel_node);
+ if (!fsl_ldb->bridge.next_bridge)
+ return -ENODEV;

if (fsl_ldb_is_dual(fsl_ldb)) {
struct device_node *port1, *port2;

--
2.55.0