This series shows removed bridges to the global <debugfs>/dri/bridges file.
Removed bridges are bridges after drm_bridges_remove() but before they are
eventually freed on the last drm_bridge_put().
This is part of the work towards removal of bridges from a still existing
DRM pipeline without use-after-free. The grand plan was discussed in [1].
Here's the work breakdown (➜ marks the current series):
This is part of the work towards removal of bridges from a still existing
DRM pipeline without use-after-free. The grand plan was discussed in [1].
Here's the work breakdown (➜ marks the current series):
1. ➜ add refcounting to DRM bridges (struct drm_bridge)
(based on devm_drm_bridge_alloc() [0])
A. ✔ add new alloc API and refcounting (v6.16)
B. ✔ convert all bridge drivers to new API (v6.17-rc1)
C. ✔ kunit tests (v6.17-rc1)
D. ✔ add get/put to drm_bridge_add/remove() + attach/detach()
and warn on old allocation pattern (v6.17-rc1)
E. … add get/put on drm_bridge accessors
1. ✔ drm_bridge_chain_get_first_bridge() + add a cleanup action
(drm-misc-next)
2. ✔ drm_bridge_get_prev_bridge() (drm-misc-next)
3. …✔ drm_bridge_get_next_bridge() (partially in drm-misc-next)
4. …✔ drm_for_each_bridge_in_chain() (partially in drm-misc-next)
5. drm_bridge_connector_init
6. of_drm_find_bridge
7. drm_of_find_panel_or_bridge, *_of_get_bridge
F. ➜ debugfs improvements
1. ✔ add top-level 'bridges' file (v6.16)
2. ➜ show refcount and list removed bridges
2. … handle gracefully atomic updates during bridge removal
3. … DSI host-device driver interaction
4. finish the hotplug bridge work, removing the "always-disconnected"
connector, moving code to the core and potentially removing the
hotplug-bridge itself (this needs to be clarified as points 1-3 are
developed)
To show the removed bridges we need to keep track of them, thus add a new
global list to store them between drm_bridge_remove() and the eventual
free. This is bit tricky in case a bridge is removed and then re-added
before being freed. This is handled in patch 2.
This series depends on one other series:
* [PATCH v2 0/9] drm/bridge: get/put the bridge when looping over the encoder
chain
Link:
https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250808-drm-bridge-alloc-getput-for_each_bridge-v2-0-edb6ee81e...@bootlin.com
Reason: trivial conflict in context (drm_for_each_bridge_in_chain_scoped())
[0]
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/misc/kernel/-/commit/0cc6aadd7fc1e629b715ea3d1ba537ef2da95eec
[1]
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/t/#u
Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <[email protected]>
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Changes in v9:
- Renamed leftover instances of "removed" to "lingering"
- Added Maxime R-by
- Link to v8:
https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250912-drm-bridge-debugfs-removed-v8-0-5c33d87cc...@bootlin.com
Changes in v8:
- Removed patch 1, now in drm-misc-next
- Renamed "removed" -> "lingering"
- Rewrote documentation changes to use "register" in lieu of "publish",
split them to a separate patch
- Link to v7:
https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250819-drm-bridge-debugfs-removed-v7-0-970702579...@bootlin.com
This series was initially part of v6 of this other series:
- Link to v6:
https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/[email protected]/
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Luca Ceresoli (3):
drm/bridge: add list of removed refcounted bridges
drm/debugfs: show lingering bridges
drm/bridge: adapt drm_bridge_add/remove() docs, mention the lingering list
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
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base-commit: 2d2f1dc74cfbbb4891a8fd666029c6fce926fcfd
change-id: 20250408-drm-bridge-debugfs-removed-2579f892e4b3
Best regards,
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Luca Ceresoli <[email protected]>
