[PATCH] drm/bridge: fsl-ldb: Remove panel naming and use scoped device_node cleanup

From: Laurentiu Palcu

Date: Fri Oct 30 2026 - 12:34:55 EST


The remote endpoint node is not necessarily a panel, so drop the "panel"
naming and refer to the next bridge instead. Update the error message
printed when no output port is connected.

While at it, convert the device_node handling in fsl_ldb_probe() to use
the __free(device_node) cleanup helper. Since remote1 and remote2 now
stay valid until the function returns, pass the selected one directly to
of_drm_find_and_get_bridge() and drop the extra panel_node reference.
Do the same for the dual-link port1/port2 lookups.

No functional change intended, other than the updated error message.

Signed-off-by: Laurentiu Palcu <laurentiu.palcu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/fsl-ldb.c | 31 ++++++++++++-------------------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/fsl-ldb.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/fsl-ldb.c
index e5eb4e6a24a4f..1077ef946430a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/fsl-ldb.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/fsl-ldb.c
@@ -305,8 +305,6 @@ static const struct drm_bridge_funcs funcs = {
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 fsl_ldb *fsl_ldb;
int dual_link;

@@ -329,19 +327,16 @@ static int fsl_ldb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
if (IS_ERR(fsl_ldb->regmap))
return PTR_ERR(fsl_ldb->regmap);

- /* Locate the remote ports and the panel node */
- remote1 = of_graph_get_remote_node(dev->of_node, 1, 0);
- remote2 = of_graph_get_remote_node(dev->of_node, 2, 0);
+ /* Locate the remote ports */
+ struct device_node *remote1 __free(device_node) =
+ of_graph_get_remote_node(dev->of_node, 1, 0);
+ struct device_node *remote2 __free(device_node) =
+ of_graph_get_remote_node(dev->of_node, 2, 0);
fsl_ldb->ch0_enabled = (remote1 != NULL);
fsl_ldb->ch1_enabled = (remote2 != NULL);
- panel_node = of_node_get(remote1 ? remote1 : remote2);
- of_node_put(remote1);
- of_node_put(remote2);

- if (!fsl_ldb->ch0_enabled && !fsl_ldb->ch1_enabled) {
- of_node_put(panel_node);
- return dev_err_probe(dev, -ENXIO, "No panel node found");
- }
+ if (!fsl_ldb->ch0_enabled && !fsl_ldb->ch1_enabled)
+ return dev_err_probe(dev, -ENXIO, "No next bridge node found\n");

dev_dbg(dev, "Using %s\n",
fsl_ldb_is_dual(fsl_ldb) ? "dual-link mode" :
@@ -350,19 +345,17 @@ static int fsl_ldb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
if (of_property_present(dev->of_node, "nxp,enable-termination-resistor"))
fsl_ldb->use_termination_resistor = true;

- fsl_ldb->bridge.next_bridge = of_drm_find_and_get_bridge(panel_node);
- of_node_put(panel_node);
+ fsl_ldb->bridge.next_bridge = of_drm_find_and_get_bridge(remote1 ?: remote2);
if (!fsl_ldb->bridge.next_bridge)
return -EPROBE_DEFER;

if (fsl_ldb_is_dual(fsl_ldb)) {
- struct device_node *port1, *port2;
+ struct device_node *port1 __free(device_node) =
+ of_graph_get_port_by_id(dev->of_node, 1);
+ struct device_node *port2 __free(device_node) =
+ of_graph_get_port_by_id(dev->of_node, 2);

- port1 = of_graph_get_port_by_id(dev->of_node, 1);
- port2 = of_graph_get_port_by_id(dev->of_node, 2);
dual_link = drm_of_lvds_get_dual_link_pixel_order(port1, port2);
- of_node_put(port1);
- of_node_put(port2);

if (dual_link < 0)
return dev_err_probe(dev, dual_link,
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