From: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@bootlin.com>
To: Alain Volmat <alain.volmat@foss.st.com>,
Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@linux.intel.com>,
Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>,
Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>,
David Airlie <airlied@gmail.com>,
Simona Vetter <simona@ffwll.ch>,
Andrzej Hajda <andrzej.hajda@intel.com>,
Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@linaro.org>,
Robert Foss <rfoss@kernel.org>,
Laurent Pinchart <Laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>,
Jonas Karlman <jonas@kwiboo.se>,
Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@gmail.com>,
Raphael Gallais-Pou <rgallaispou@gmail.com>,
Andy Yan <andy.yan@rock-chips.com>
Cc: Hui Pu <Hui.Pu@gehealthcare.com>,
Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>,
dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@bootlin.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 5/6] drm/bridge: add warning for bridges using neither devm_drm_bridge_alloc() nor drm_bridge_add()
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 11:15:46 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251028-b4-drm-bridge-alloc-add-before-attach-v3-5-bb8611acbbfb@bootlin.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251028-b4-drm-bridge-alloc-add-before-attach-v3-0-bb8611acbbfb@bootlin.com>
The correct sequence for bridge initialization is:
1. devm_drm_bridge_alloc()
2. drm_bridge_add()
3. drm_bridge_attach()
For bridges missing either 1 or 2 there are warnings in place already,
presenting an explanatory error message.
Bridges missing both 1 and 2 would still face a poorly understandable
message, as reported in a recent regression report [0]:
WARNING: [...] at [...]/lib/refcount.c:25 drm_bridge_attach+0x2c/0x1dc
...
Call trace:
...
drm_bridge_attach
...
Add a new warning to ensure an understandable message is logged in such
cases. Use the same message and warning message already in place in
drm_bridge_add().
[0] https://lore.kernel.org/all/hlf4wdopapxnh4rekl5s3kvoi6egaga3lrjfbx6r223ar3txri@3ik53xw5idyh/
Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@bootlin.com>
---
This patch was added in v2 after having received regression report [0].
---
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c
index 6dba601a056bb3cff8b8dd5b1ec46299235b2d85..8f355df883d8ac8de9d361ec302f4ccbf3bca0d6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c
@@ -441,6 +441,9 @@ int drm_bridge_attach(struct drm_encoder *encoder, struct drm_bridge *bridge,
if (!encoder || !bridge)
return -EINVAL;
+ if (!bridge->container)
+ DRM_WARN("DRM bridge corrupted or not allocated by devm_drm_bridge_alloc()\n");
+
if (list_empty(&bridge->list))
DRM_WARN("Missing drm_bridge_add() before attach\n");
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-10-28 10:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-10-28 10:15 [PATCH v3 0/6] drm/bridge: enforce drm_bridge_add() before drm_bridge_attach() Luca Ceresoli
2025-10-28 10:15 ` [PATCH v3 1/6] drm/sti: hda: add bridge before attaching Luca Ceresoli
2025-10-28 10:15 ` [PATCH v3 2/6] drm/sti: hdmi: " Luca Ceresoli
2025-10-28 10:15 ` [PATCH v3 3/6] drm/bridge: document that adding a bridge is mandatory before attach Luca Ceresoli
2025-10-29 8:43 ` Maxime Ripard
2025-10-28 10:15 ` [PATCH v3 4/6] drm/bridge: add warning for bridges attached without being added Luca Ceresoli
2025-10-29 8:43 ` Maxime Ripard
2025-10-28 10:15 ` Luca Ceresoli [this message]
2025-10-29 8:44 ` [PATCH v3 5/6] drm/bridge: add warning for bridges using neither devm_drm_bridge_alloc() nor drm_bridge_add() Maxime Ripard
2025-10-28 10:15 ` [PATCH v3 6/6] drm/bridge: synopsys: dw-dp: add bridge before attaching Luca Ceresoli
2025-11-01 17:26 ` Raphaël Gallais-Pou
2025-10-28 10:31 ` [PATCH v3 0/6] drm/bridge: enforce drm_bridge_add() before drm_bridge_attach() Luca Ceresoli
2025-11-03 12:23 ` Luca Ceresoli
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