[PATCH 0/3] drm: remove drmm_of_get_bridge()
From: Luca Ceresoli
Date: Fri Nov 06 2026 - 11:35:03 EST
drmm_of_get_bridge() is deprecated. By now it is just a complicated wrapper
to of_drm_get_bridge_by_endpoint(), and it does not implement bridge
refcounting. Replace the only user and remove it.
== Grand plan
This is part of the work to support hotplug of DRM bridges.
Here's the work breakdown (➜ marks the current series):
1. ➜ add refcounting to DRM bridges struct drm_bridge,
based on devm_drm_bridge_alloc()
A. ✔ add new alloc API and refcounting (v6.16)
B. ✔ convert all bridge drivers to new API (v6.17)
C. ✔ kunit tests (v6.17)
D. ✔ add get/put to drm_bridge_add/remove() + attach/detach()
and warn on old allocation pattern (v6.17)
E. ➜ add get/put on drm_bridge accessors
1. ✔ drm_bridge_chain_get_first_bridge(), add cleanup action (v6.18)
2. ✔ drm_bridge_get_prev_bridge() (v6.18)
3. ✔ drm_bridge_get_next_bridge() (v6.19)
4. ✔ drm_for_each_bridge_in_chain() (v6.19)
5. ✔ drm_bridge_connector_init (v6.19)
6. ✔ protect encoder bridge chain with a mutex (v7.2)
7. ✔ of_drm_find_bridge
a. ✔ add of_drm_get_bridge() (v7.0),
convert basic direct users (v7.0-v7.1)
b. ✔ convert direct of_drm_get_bridge() users, part 2 (v7.0)
c. ✔ convert direct of_drm_get_bridge() users, part 3 (v7.0)
d. ✔ convert direct of_drm_get_bridge() users, part 4 (v7.1-v7.2)
e. ✔ bridge-only drm_of_find_panel_or_bridge() users (v7.2)
8. ➜ panel_bridge lifetime
a. ✔ cleanup DRM_PANEL in bridge drivers (v7.4)
b. ✔ embed a drm_bridge in every drm_panel (v7.4)
c. ✔ remove *_of_get_bridge(): non-OF drivers (v7.5)
d. ➜ remove drmm_of_get_bridge()
e. remove devm_drm_of_get_bridge()
9. ✔ enforce drm_bridge_add before drm_bridge_attach (v6.19)
F. ✔ debugfs improvements
1. ✔ add top-level 'bridges' file (v6.16)
2. ✔ show refcount and list lingering bridges (v6.19)
2. ✔ handle gracefully atomic updates during bridge removal
A. ✔ Add drm_bridge_enter/exit() to protect device resources (v7.0)
B. ✔ Add drm_bridge_clear_and_put() (v7.1)
3. ✕ DSI host-device driver interaction
4. ✔ removing the need for the "always-disconnected" connector
5. ✔ Migrate i.MX LCDIF driver to bridge-connector (v7.2)
6. … DRM bridge hotplug
A. … Bridge hotplug management in the DRM core
1. ✔ bridge-connector: attach encoder to the connector (v7.2)
2. … drm bridge hotplug
B. Device tree description
Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Luca Ceresoli (3):
drm: adp: stop using deprecated drmm_of_get_bridge()
drm/panel: remove drmm_of_get_bridge()
drm/todo: remove drmm_of_get_bridge()
Documentation/gpu/todo.rst | 1 -
drivers/gpu/drm/adp/adp_drv.c | 13 +++++++++----
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panel.c | 40 ----------------------------------------
include/drm/drm_panel.h | 10 ----------
4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-)
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base-commit: 4524052b65a75166c1c557921c786bd82302de13
change-id: 20261106-drm-panel_bridge-remove-drmm_of_get_bridge-791bd0f0ad97
Best regards,
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Luca Ceresoli, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com